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• Meditate. Inspire others. Spend time by yourself. Manage your career properly. Work at something constructive, that doesn't injure others, and put your full attention into it.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Careers, Inspire

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• That Iran is willing to threaten Israel is wrong[. . . .] We pose no threat and if we are conducting nuclear research and development we are no threat to Israel. We have no intention of aggression against any country. [. . .] Today we announce to you that the political will of Iran is aimed at the negotiated settlement of the case and we dont want to aggravate the situation in our region[. . . .] We know that this issue can be settled in a constructive dialogue and we welcome that.

  Ali Larijani

  Country, Israel, Iran

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• Worry is when you choose from millions of possible thoughts, only the few which deal with a potential misfortune or problem. Once you accept your worrying as the act of choosing specific thoughts, you can consciously make an effort to avoid those thoughts that cause you needless pain and choose more constructive, positive thoughts.

  Zelig Pliskin

  Pain, Worry, Effort

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• This is no time to let down our guard on youth violence. Research demonstrates that appropriate interventions made during or prior to adolescence can direct young people away from violence toward healthy and constructive lives.

  David Satcher

  People, Healthy, Research

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• To will freedom and to will to disclose being are one and the same choice; hence, freedom takes a positive and constructive step which causes being to pass to existence in a movement which is constantly surpassed.

  Simone de Beauvoir

  Choices, Movement, Causes

  Simone de Beauvoir (2011). “The Ethics of Ambiguity”, p.39, Open Road Media

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• Expectancy speeds progress. Therefore, live in a continual state of expectancy. No matter how much good you are experiencing today, expect greater good tomorrow. Expect to meet new friends. Expect to meet new and wonderful experiences. Try this magic of expectancy and you will soon discover a dramatic side to your work which gives full vent to constructive feeling.

  Ernest Holmes

  Hope, Giving, Feelings

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• The new art must be based upon science - in particular, upon mathematics, as the most exact, logical, and graphically constructive of the sciences.

  Albrecht Durer

  Art, Mathematics, Logical

  "Dictionary of Scientific Biography". Book edited by M. Steck, 1970-1990.

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• The idea of a wanton woman is something I have inserted into almost all of my books. An outlaw figure who is disallowed in the community because of her imagination or activity or status - that kind of anarchic figure has always fascinated me. And the benefits they bring with them, in spite of the fact that they are either dismissed or upbraided - something about their presence is constructive in the long run.

  Toni Morrison

  Running, Book, Ideas

  O, The Oprah Magazine, November 2003.

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• As we search as a nation for constructive ways to challenge racism and white supremacy, it is absolutely essential that progressive female voices gain a hearing.

  Bell Hooks

  Voice, White, Racism

  "Killing Rage: Ending Racism". Book by Bell Hooks, September 15, 1995.

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• I am ready to have dialogue with the concerned parties once the nation is calm and the political temperatures are lowered enough for constructive and productive engagement.

  Mwai Kibaki

  Party, Political, Engagement

  "Kibaki 'Open to Opposition Talks'". news.bbc.co.uk. January 03, 2008.

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• As a great socialist power the Soviet Union is fully aware of its responsibility to the peoples for preserving and strengthening peace. We are open to peaceful, mutually beneficial cooperation with states on all continents. We are for the peaceful settlement of all disputable international problems through serious, equal, and constructive talks.

  Konstantin Chernenko

  Responsibility, Peaceful, Unions

  Konstantin Ustinovich Chernenko, Viktor Pribytkov (1984). “Soviet-U.S. relations: the selected writings and speeches of Konstantin U. Chernenko”, Praeger Publishers

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• What humanity owes to personalities like Buddha, Moses, and Jesus ranks for me higher than all the achievements of the enquiring and constructive mind.

  Albert Einstein

  Jesus, Inspiration, Personality

  Albert Einstein (2013). “Albert Einstein, The Human Side: Glimpses from His Archives”, p.70, Princeton University Press

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• No golfer ever gets so consistently good that he can't use some constructive advice. No matter how many trophies he may win, he can't analyze and remedy his own faults.

  Byron Nelson

  Golf, Winning, Advice

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• It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.

  Pratibha Patil

  Views, Issues, House

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• American power confers benefits on most inhabitants of the planet, even on many who dislike it and some who actively oppose it, because the United States plays a major, constructive, and historically unprecedented role in the world.

  Michael Mandelbaum

  Play, United States, Roles

  Michael Mandelbaum (2010). “The Frugal Superpower: America's Global Leadership in a Cash-Strapped Era”, p.53, PublicAffairs

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• A spiritual partnership is between people who promise themselves to use all of their experiences to grow spiritually. They use their emotions to show them how to create constructive and healthy and joyful consequences instead of destructive and unhealthy and painful consequences.

  Gary Zukav

  Spiritual, People, Healthy

  "Spiritual Partnerships" by Gary Zukav, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 10, 2012.

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• The truth is that the more responsible the media outlet, the more responsive they are to constructive criticism.

  David Brock

  Media, Criticism, Truth Is

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• It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it is the values upon which our system is built. These values imply our adherence not only to liberty and individual freedom, but also to international peace, law and order, and constructive social purpose. When we depart from these values, we do so at our peril.

  J. William Fulbright

  Peace, Order, Law

  Congressional Record, vol. 107, p. 11703., June 29, 1961.

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• I definitely managed to do different kinds of things. My focus is usually who the director is, because at the end of the day the director is the storyteller, what the movie is all about. I don't want to participate in something that I don't think is constructive storytelling.

  Bryce Dallas Howard

  Thinking, Focus, The End Of The Day

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

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• Integrating in the society is a fundamental scriptural Christian trait. This integration is a must - moderate constructive integration. All of us, as Egyptians, have to participate.

  Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria

  Christian, Fundamentals, Integrating

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• Finally, let's keep well in mind the most important lesson of the auto rescue: While government should stay away from the private sector as much as possible, markets do occasionally fail, and when they do government can play a constructive role, as it did in the case of the auto rescue.

  Steven Rattner

  Government, Play, Mind

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• The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.

  Larry Sabato

  Rights, Design, Republic

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• (1) irreversible processes are as real as reversible ones. (2) irreversible processes play a fundamental constructive role in the physical world. (3) irreversibility is deeply rooted in dynamics.

  Ilya Prigogine

  Real, Play, Fundamentals

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• If there's one thing that makes me cynical, it's optimists. They are just far too cynical about cynicism. If only they could see that cynics can be happy, constructive, even fun to hang out with, they might learn a thing or two.

  Julian Baggini

  Fun, Two, Cynical

  "In praise of cynicism" by Julian Baggini, www.theguardian.com. July 10, 2013.

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• History shows that great economic and social forces flow like a tide over communities only half conscious of that which is befalling them. Wise statesmen foresee what time is thus bringing, and try to shape institutions and mold men's thoughts and purposes in accordance with the change that is silently coming on. The unwise are those who bring nothing constructive to the process, and who greatly imperil the future of mankind by leaving great questions to be fought out between ignorant change on one hand and ignorant opposition to change on the other.

  John Stuart Mill

  Wise, Men, Hands

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