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• I think that's an important thing to do, to really pay attention to negative feedback, and solicit it, particularly from friends. This may sound like simple advice, but hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful.

  Elon Musk

  Motivation, Inspiration, Doe

  "The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity". TED2013, www.ted.com. March 2013.

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• Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.

  Carlos Slim

  Emotional, Feelings, Mind

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• I am not being negative, I am simply being factual when I say Kevin Rudd is the best friend the people smugglers have ever had

  Tony Abbott

  People, Kevin, Smugglers

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• Fear is at the root of so many of the barriers that women face. Fear of not being liked. Fear of making the wrong choice. Fear of drawing negative attention. Fear of overreaching. Fear of being judged. Fear of failure. And the holy trinity of fear: the fear of being a bad mother/wife/daughter.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Daughter, Mother, Roots

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.33, Knopf

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• Germans grew reluctant to stay in communal ski lodges, fearing they might talk in their sleep. They postponed surgeries because of the lip-loosening effects of anesthetic. Dreams reflected the ambient anxiety. One German dreamed that an SA man came to his home and opened the door to his oven, which then repeated every negative remark the household had made against the government.

  Erik Larson

  Dream, Fear, Sleep

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• I do like to write nasty songs. It's a useful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative.

  Lisa Marie Presley

  Song, Art, Anger

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• Thoughts are things. Negativity is what kills you... It's tough to do, but you've got to work at living, you know? Most people work at dying, but anybody can die; the easiest thing on this earth is to die. But to live takes guts; it takes energy, vitality, it takes thought. . . . We have so many negative influences out there that are pulling us down. . . . You've got to be strong to overcome these adversities . . . that's why I never stop.

  Jack LaLanne

  Life, Strong, Adversity

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• We often think we express negative emotions, not because we cannot help it, but because we should express them.

  P.D. Ouspensky

  Thinking, Helping, Emotion

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• I wish I could think of a positive point to leave you with. Will you take two negative points?

  Woody Allen

  Funny, Clever, Smart

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• Pay no heed to the average photographer's remarks upon "flat" and "weak" negatives. Probably he is flat, weak, stale, and unprofitable; your negative may be first-rate, and probably is if he does not approve of it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Photography, Average, May

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• The moment you speak something out, you give birth to it. This is a spiritual principle, and it works whether what you are saying is good or bad, positive or negative.

  Joel Osteen

  Spiritual, Giving, Principles

  "Daily Readings from Your Best Life Now: 90 Devotions for Living at Your Full Potential". Book by Joel Osteen, October 2005.

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• If it were possible to take interest rates into negative territory I would be voting for that.

  Janet Yellen

  Voting, Would Be, Territory

  "Why Gold Is Unstoppable" by Doug French, www.caseyresearch.com. March 19, 2014.

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• Man is/the symbol-using (symbol making, symbol-misusing) animal/inventor of the negative (or moralized by the negative)/separated from his natural condition by instruments of his own making/goaded by the spirit of hierarchy (or moved by the sense of order)/and rotten with perfection.

  Kenneth Burke

  Animal, Men, Order

  Kenneth Burke (1973). “Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature and Method”, p.16, Univ of California Press

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• If you find yourself focusing on negative scenarios, ask us angels to transmute this fearful energy into love.

  Doreen Virtue

  Angel, Finding Yourself, Energy

  Doreen Virtue (2008). “Daily Guidance from Your Angels”, p.332, Hay House, Inc

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• To create a wonderful day sometimes takes just a slight change in the way you look at it. Be willing to let go of an old, negative way that you look at something, and look at it in a new, positive way.

  Louise Hay

  Letting Go, Looks, Way

  Louise L. Hay (2000). “Meditations to Heal Your Life”, p.155, Hay House, Inc

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• Whenever anything negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it, although you may not see it at the time

  Eckhart Tolle

  Learning, Lessons, May

  FaceBook post by Eckhart Tolle from Jun 19, 2009

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• The maker of kitsch does not create inferior art, he is not an incompetent or a bungler, he cannot be evaluated by aesthetic standards; rather, he is ethically depraved, a criminal willing radical evil. And since it is radical evil that is manifest here, evil per se, forming the absolute negative pole of every value-system, kitsch will always be evil, not just kitsch in art, but kitsch in every value-system that is not an imitation system.

  Hermann Broch

  Art, Evil, Doe

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• If you have more negative things than positive things in your life, then something is very wrong and you know it.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Inspirational, Life, Change

  Rhonda Byrne (2012). “The Magic”, p.238, Simon and Schuster

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• Life is simple. Your life is made up of only two kinds of things – positive things and negative things.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Inspiring, Simple, Two

  Rhonda Byrne (2011). “The Power”, p.18, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't change a negative situation with bad feelings. If you keep reacting negatively, your bad feelings will magnify and multiply the negativity.

  Rhonda Byrne

  Negativity, Feelings, Reacting

  Rhonda Byrne (2011). “The Power”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

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• By focusing on positive, healthy motivations and letting the more negative ones pass, you can purify the source of you imaginative power.

  Denis Waitley

  Motivation, Healthy, Source

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• There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.

  Robin Sharma

  Teacher, Pain, Powerful

  Robin Sharma (2003). “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari: A Fable About Fulfilling Your Dreams & Reaching Your Destiny”, p.42, Jaico Publishing House

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• The practice of gratitude is incompatible with negative emotions and may actually diminish or deter such feelings as anger, bitterness, and greed.

  Sonja Lyubomirsky

  Gratitude, Practice, Greed

  Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.85, Penguin

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• No tools have yet been met with in any of the gravels occurring at the higher levels of the valley of the Seine; but no importance can be attached to this negative fact, as so little search has yet been made for them.

  Charles Lyell

  Facts, Valleys, Tools

  Charles Lyell (2005). “The Geological Evidence of Man”, p.119, Cosimo, Inc.

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• Negative energy that comes at you in some form is energy that can be turned around - to defeat an opponent and lift you up.

  Curtis Jackson

  Energy, Opponents, Defeat

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