Martin Seligman Quotes
I think we pursue positive relationships whether or not they bring us engagement or happiness.
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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Years ago the public used to hound me but now I can go shopping in peace.
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I felt audiences are happier to take comedy people who play darker people because there's a link between the psychosis of comedy and the psychosis of being a twisted character.
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Loser lit antiheroes aren't well intentioned or earnest; they don't care whether you like them or not. They're self-mocking, ironic and inventive; they narrate their downfalls with manic wordplay, rampant metaphors, wisecracks, and escalating flights of spleen-fueled lyricism.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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I started writing 'The Lord of Opium' in 2008 and produced about 80 pages before disaster struck. Three eye operations nearly put an end to my career.
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Being multi-disciplined is always a good thing.
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The most annoying and full-of-crap thing a writer says is, 'I write only for myself, I don't care if anyone reads it.' A writer without a reader doesn't exist.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure.
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I was born in India - but never really lived there.
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Now it would be as absurd to deny the existence of God, because we cannot see him, as it would be to deny the existence of the air or wind, because we cannot see it.
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I find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.
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I think someone should explain to the child that it's OK to make mistakes. That's how we learn. When we compete, we make mistakes.
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I believe... we were told that the 'Bluetooth AirPods', whatever they are, can be used on anything that supports Bluetooth audio.
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I was a 'young adult' when I wrote 'The Outsiders,' although it was not a genre at the time. It's an interesting time of life to write about, when your ideals get slammed up against reality, and you must compromise.
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My childhood lacked affection and ambience.
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Every tomorrow has two handles. You can take hold of the handle of anxiety or the handle of enthusiasm. Upon your choice so will be the day.
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I feel super, super grateful that I get to make music.
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Prosper Olander had never been in a cathedral, but now he felt something like that, the experience of entering suddenly a space so large, so devoted to a single purpose, that the insides of the heart are drawn for a moment outward and into it, trying to fill it, and failing.
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The quality of films out there depends on how much responsibility we're willing to take. I try to play women who are positive and heroic.
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I think we pursue positive relationships whether or not they bring us engagement or happiness.
