Jane McGonigal Quotes
Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.'
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I always try to see the good in everything, and that gives me strength. Even when I lost in the London Olympics quarterfinals, I said to myself, 'Don't lose heart, God has his own plans.' Actually, life just goes on; you have to accept whatever challenge you face and become stronger.
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People should focus on my foundation, my projects, and everything positive and important that I am doing in Latin America and the around the world.
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The economy has become seriously unbalanced. Its growth has not been driven by investment or by overcoming Britain's long-standing weaknesses in investment and productivity, particularly skills. Instead, there has been a binge of debt-financed consumer spending.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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I will go so far as to say probably smoking had something to do with my pancreatic cancer.
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If everything gets too serious for me on the album, I get kinda bored. I've got to have some kind of jovial things in there.
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Energy is necessary for economic growth, for a better quality of life, and for human progress.
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The biggest challenge is always the governments - they try to stop all good things. I try to stay away from them as much as I can, as I know if someone can destroy something good, it's the government.
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Natural DNA is a tractless coil, like an unwound and tangled audiotape on the floor of the car in the dark.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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I believe that we must maintain pride in the knowledge that the actions we take, based on our own decisions and choices as individuals, link directly to the magnificent challenge of transforming human history.
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There's something about Marxism that brings out warts; the only kind of growth this economic system encourages.
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If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.
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I've always wanted to create shoes that were positive and happy.
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The more completely we focus our attention on our Creator and Lord, the less chance there is of our being distracted by creatures.
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I want to give my six hours of serious cricket on the ground and then take whatever the result.
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As governor, I will always be willing to work with people who have ideas to offer and are ready to roll up their sleeves. That kind of teamwork will build a New Hampshire that will lead the nation and compete with the world. Together, we will help our businesses grow and build a stronger economy on a vision of innovation and growth.
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Always go into meetings or negotiations with a positive attitude. Tell yourself you're going to make this the best deal for all parties.
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You have to leave things that you love.
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We're all working together; that's the secret.
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Good stories flow like honey. Bad stories stick in the craw. A bad story? One that cannot be absorbed on the first time of reading.
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Once you drink one glass, you want another.
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Whatever content you create, let it revolve around your interests. You shouldn't create things just because you think other people want to watch it.
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Scientists have demonstrated that dramatic, positive changes can occur in our lives as a direct result of facing an extreme challenge - whether it's coping with a serious illness, daring to quit smoking, or dealing with depression. Researchers call this 'post-traumatic growth.'
