Bright Side Quotes - Page 3

• I like to hear songs which can lay it all on, songs which can look at the dark side as well as the bright side, sometimes they can be as strong as each other. Love and hatred are close.

  Jim Capaldi

  Song, Strong, Dark

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• Fifty per cent of all marriages end in divorce. But look at the bright side: the other 50 per cent end in death.

  Richard Jeni

  Divorce, Looks, Fifty

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• After making insulting remarks about Mexicans, Donald Trump has been kicked off of NBC and Univision. On the bright side, Trump's hair has a new show on Animal Planet.

  Conan O'Brien

  Animal, Nbc, Hair

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• Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side. Dr. Johnson has said that the habit of looking at the best side of a thing is worth more to a man than a thousand pounds a year. And we possess the power, to a great extent, of so exercising the will as to direct the thoughts upon objects calculated to yield happiness and improvement rather than their opposites.

  Samuel Smiles

  Exercise, Dark, Men

  Samuel Smiles (1868). “Self-Help; with Illustrations of Character, Conduct, and Perseverance by Samuel Smiles”, p.391

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• Never look on the bright side. The glare is blinding.

  Florence King

  Looks, Sides, Glare

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• Popularity has a bright side, it unlocks many doors. But the truth is that I don't like it very much because it changes the private life into a very small thing.

  Gina Lollobrigida

  Doors, Sides, Truth Is

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

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• I hated the summer jobs I had when I was a teenager. They were so mundane and repetitious, they deadened my soul. On the bright side, it was good training for this job.

  Craig Ferguson

  Summer, Jobs, Teenager

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• When I'm in emotional pain, I usually embrace the pain, cry, and let it all out. Then I try to look on the bright side.

  Jacqui Holland

  Pain, Emotional, Trying

  "Interview with Actress Jacqui Holland on Beauty, Aging, and Embracing Pain". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• I am compelled to continuously see the bright side. It is in my DNA. My kids look at me and say: 'Mom, you're so happy!' And I do feel happy. I feel joyful inside. I can't explain it.

  Goldie

  Mom, Kids, Dna

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• I don't harp on the negative because if you do, then there's no progression. There's no forward movement. You got to always look on the bright side of things, and we are in control. Like, you have control over the choices you make.

  Taraji P. Henson

  Choices, Forward Movement, Sides

  "Taraji Henson Defies Odds On And Off Screen". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. February 19, 2009.

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• We suffer more often in imagination than in reality. [We must learn to control and focus the force of our imagination on the good, bright side so it is positive and constructive helping ourselves and others, rather than let its force focus on the bad, dark side so it is negative and destructive hurting ourselves and others!]

  Seneca the Younger

  Hurt, Dark, Reality

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• When you are on the bright side of life, do not forget the people who are on the dark side and remember that man can easily slip from one side to the other!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Dark, Men

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• We're taught that in life, we should try to look on the bright side. Not in this case. In this case, assume rejection first. Assume you're the rule, not the exception. It's liberating. But we also know it's not an easy concept. -He's not just into you

  Greg Behrendt

  Truth, Dating, Rejection

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• We all walk in the dark and each of us must learn to turn on his or her own light.[so we can see the bright side of everything]

  Earl Nightingale

  Gratitude, Dark, Light

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• After a pause, he asked, 'What do you think of Nasuada's plans?' 'Mmm...she's doomed! You're doomed! They're all doomed!'She cackled, doubling over, then straightened abruptly. 'notice I didn't specify what kind of doom, so no matter what happens, I predicted it. How very wise of me.' She lifted the basket again, setting it on one hip. 'I supposed I won't see you for a while, so farewell, best of luck, avoid roasted cabbage, don't eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!' And with a cheery wink, she strolled off, leaving Eragon blinking and nonplussed.

  Christopher Paolini

  Wise, Farewell, Thinking

  Christopher Paolini (2014). “The Inheritance Cycle Complete Collection: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, Inheritance”, p.697, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• Even happiness itself may become habitual. There is a habit of looking at the bright side of things, and also of looking at the dark side.

  Samuel Smiles

  Gratitude, Dark, Sides

  Samuel Smiles (1859). “Self-help; with illustrations of character and conduct”, p.322

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• I could stay depressed about my bad memory, but that's a negative way to live. Let's look on the bright side and list the advantages of having a bad memory.
  (1) You can reread a book and see a movie over and over and enjoy it as much as the first time.
  (2) If you make an inconvenient promise, you can pretend that you forgot about it and still be forgiven.
  (3) This is the most important thing: you can keep coming up with ideas without being held back by convictions or the past.

  Hirohiko Araki

  Memories, Book, Past

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• The true optimist not only expects the best to happen, but goes to work to make the best happen. The true optimist not only looks upon the bright side, but trains every force that is in him to produce more and more brightness in his life….

  Christian D. Larson

  Looks, Brightness, Sides

  Christian D. Larson (2012). “The Optimist Creed”, p.285, Penguin

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• On the bright side," Percy said, "both Jason and I outrank you, Octavian. So we can both tell you to shut up.

  Rick Riordan

  Jason, Sides, Shut Up

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• Maggots squirming in your eyeholes...and your other orifices, might be carrying things a bit too far." "This is why I keep you around, Rixon. Always seeing things from the bright side.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Sides, Might, Maggots

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2009). “Hush, Hush”, p.242, Simon and Schuster

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• Representative Chris Lee was forced to resign after sending a shirtless picture of himself to a woman on Craigslist. On the bright side, he DID surprise his wife for Valentines Day.

  Conan O'Brien

  Valentines Day, Wife, Sides

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• In 1957, “West Side Story” had introduced the musical to the reckless dark side of teen-age life; “Bye Bye Birdie,” set in Sweet Apple, Ohio, where the citizens apparently dress mostly in chartreuse, mauve, orange, periwinkle, and turquoise, was a walk on the bright side.

  John Lahr

  Goodbye, Sweet, Dark

  "Can’t Stop the Beat" by John Lahr, www.newyorker.com. October 26, 2009.

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• From the dark end of the street - To the bright side of the road - We'll be lovers once again on the - Bright side of the road

  Van Morrison

  Dark, Sides, Lovers

  Song: Bright Side of the Road, Album: Into the Music

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• It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska.

  Sam Harris

  Mother, Children, Alaska

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• We have a long way to go to understand that web analytics is a thinking man's tool, not a solution unto itself. On the bright side, 73% of those surveyed might still figure out that web analytics can help them drive actionable insights one day.

  Jim Sterne

  Men, Thinking, Long

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