Attitude Quotes - Page 33

• I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament.

  Michael Chang

  Winning, Past, Play

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• It is impossible to exaggerate the wide, and widening, gulf between the American attitude on the Iraq war and the view from our friends across the Atlantic.

  Nick Clooney

  War, Iraq, Views

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• I want to read about a character doing something fairly quiet where I can picture who the character is, and what their attitude towards the world is - which I'm a lot more interested in than what they do under the pressure of a gunfight.

  Samuel R. Delany

  Character, World, Want

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• I went to the Performing Arts School and studied classical ballet. That attitude is something that's put into your head. You are never thin enough.

  Carmen Electra

  Art, School, Ballet

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• There aren't many things as therapeutic as smiles and laughter. Whenever you look at things in a lighter vein, it shows that your heart is in the right place.

  Douglas Pagels

  Laughter, Heart, Looks

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• The biggest challenge is how to affect public attitudes and make people care.

  Jim Fowler

  People, Challenges, Care

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• Even as a little child, I've always had that comedian kind of attitude.

  Etta James

  Children, Comedian, Littles

  "Etta James Says Beyonce Cracks Were A Joke", www.foxnews.com. February 6, 2009.

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• We'll look for almost any reason not to change our attitudes; the inertia of the established order is powerful. If we can think of a plausible, or even implausible, reason to discount environmental warnings, we will.

  Bill McKibben

  Powerful, Thinking, Order

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• In Scotland over many years we have cultivated through our justice system what I hope can be described as a 'culture of compassion.' On the other hand, there still exists in many parts of the U.S., if not nationally, an attitude towards the concept of justice which can only be described as a 'culture of vengeance.'

  Keith O'Brien

  Compassion, Hands, Years

  "Lockerbie bomber: Scottish Catholic leader attacks US 'culture of vengeance'" by Jenny Percival, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2010.

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• In the work of the greatest geniuses, humble beginnings will reveal themselves somewhere, but one cannot trace the slightest sign of them in Shakespeare ... I am not concerned with who wrote the works of Shakespeare ... but I can hardly think it was the Stratford boy. Whoever wrote them had an aristocratic attitude.

  Charlie Chaplin

  Humble, Boys, Past

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• Football is my profession now. I'm getting married in August... It's a new experience for me as someone just getting out of college. I still have the same attitude about football I always had. I play hard. I enjoy practice. I'd rather be throwing in passing drills than sitting around and watching TV.

  Doug Flutie

  Football, College, Play Hard

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• I grew up in a rough environment. You want to be strong and have your presence felt out there. That attitude reflects how people see you.

  Mekhi Phifer

  Strong, People, Want

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• It's really interesting with art-movies too, but art especially - to see how your attitude toward artists and works and your level of appreciation of them is always shifting and changing over the years.

  Richard Hell

  Appreciation, Art, Years

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• Coaches will eventually notice a great attitude, and they respect that.

  Heather O'Reilly

  Great Attitude, Coaches

  "Win An Autographed World Cup Game Ball!". Interview with Kim Tranell, www.seventeen.com. September 14, 2011.

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• I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In Thief of Time, I wanted to make readers aware of Navajo attitude toward the dead, respect for burial sites.

  Tony Hillerman

  Two, Mind, Thieves

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• I went and got a tire tool out of my truck, and straightened him out as cold as a block of ice. It was an attitude adjustment, and it'll work every time.

  Hank Williams, Jr.

  Revenge, Block, Ice

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was able to work out all sorts of attitudes to style and event and character, all of which affected the way I came to think about my own writing. I believe that all good writers are original.

  Margaret Mahy

  Believe, Writing, Character

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• Certainly one of the surprising truths of having a book published is realizing that your book is as open to interpretation as an abstract painting. People bring their own beliefs and attitudes to your work, which is thrilling and surprising at the same time.

  Marisha Pessl

  Book, People, Abstract Painting

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• Religion, like poetry, is not a mere idea, it is expression. The self-expression of God is in the endless variety of creation; and our attitude toward the Infinite Being must also in its expression have a variety of individuality ceaseless and unendi.

  Rabindranath Tagore

  Self, Expression, Ideas

  Rabindranath Tagore (2004). “Tagore”, p.26, SkyLight Paths Publishing

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• Having a child makes you strong and gives you chutzpah. It relaxed my attitude to the job; my center of focus shifted, which I think is very helpful, because even if you're not a very indulgent actor you spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. I don't think that is particularly healthy.

  Imelda Staunton

  Strong, Jobs, Children

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• I don't think anyone is black and white and I think we change our minds and our attitudes about certain things as we grow to our maturity.

  Giancarlo Esposito

  Black And White, Maturity, Thinking

  "Giancarlo Esposito talks ‘Breaking Bad,’ ‘Revolution’ and Emmys". Interview with Alan Sepinwall, uproxx.com. July 31, 2012.

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• In regard to music, I just think that it's always best to have an attitude of being a perpetual student and always look to learn something new about music, because there's always something new to learn.

  David Sanborn

  Thinking, Looks, Students

  "Jazzin’ Around". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2012.

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• You walk into the playgrounds in Shanghai and Beijing, and you see youngsters who are shorter, shaking and baking and having attitude. And Jeremy Lin is going to inspire all of them.

  David Stern

  Inspire, Baking, Beijing

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• Have the right attitude in advanced practice. Feel that you are always a beginner in Zen. They refer to it as "beginners mind". I feel I am a beginner, always; because it's true.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Practice, Mind

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• Don't try to hold people to you, don't try to push them away. Let life do everything for you. This is the proper attitude on the path of love.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, People, Trying

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