Positive Things Quotes - Page 5

• I try to focus and compete and do positive things for the sport.

  Usain Bolt

  Sports, Focus, Trying

  "Usain Bolt talks secret post-season parties, fame and the fear of losing". Interview with Alastair Campbell, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. August 15, 2016.

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• I have a huge amount of stress, but I believe stress can be a positive thing too.

  Raheem Devaughn

  Stress, Believe, Huge

  "Raheem DeVaughn: Love, Love, and More Love". Interview with Faith Hunter, September 9, 2014.

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• What used to drive me was the fact that I wanted to be better than everybody at something. One of my best qualities is that I used whatever other people found to be an adverse thing to be a positive thing for myself.

  Daley Thompson

  People, Quality, Facts

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• I used to think that communing with nature was a healing, positive thing. Now, I think I'd like to commune with other things - like room service and temperature control.

  Roseanne Barr

  Nature, Healing, Loss

  Roseanne, Roseanne Barr (1989). “Roseanne: my life as a woman”, Harpercollins

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• That it's possible to do positive things and I think that's how we're going to set an example to be respected as women in the world.

  Misty Copeland

  Thinking, Example, World

  Source: bknation.org

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• One of the most positive things about America is just like what we're all doing here today. We're standing on Jensen Beach, we're watching a beautiful sunrise over the Atlantic. It's all because of men and women who were willing to make a sacrifice so that we can enjoy these freedoms.

  Allen West

  Beautiful, Beach, Sacrifice

  Source: wethekids.us

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• It's always the negative things that seep through into your consciousness. Most of the positive things just roll off real fast. I just try not to pay attention to it, because I've never read anything about my band that's accurate.

  Conor Oberst

  Real, Trying, Negative

  "Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes". Interview with Gregg LaGambina, www.avclub.com. December 11, 2007.

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• there must be a routine to life, a framework to hang life on. Routines were what kept you sane, gave you something to do at this moment and at that, definite places to go, positive things to do. Abandon it and that way madness lies.

  Ruth Rendell

  Lying, Order, Routine

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• A lot of women seem to have a similar attitude, - 'I'm not a feminist' - and it gets wearying. What's wrong with being a feminist? I'm proud to be a feminist. It's been one of the most positive things in my life. It's one of the best traditions there is. It's admirable to be a feminist and to stand up for one's sex, to fight against inequality and injustice and to work for a better society.

  Mary Stott

  Sex, Attitude, Fighting

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• For me, a breakup changed my entire life. I was a mess. I really got rocked, and I ended up turning it into a positive thing.

  Greg Behrendt

  Change, Breakup, Mess

  "You will survive: How to turn a breakup into a 'breakover'". Interview with Pamela Sitt, www.seattletimes.com. October 23, 2005.

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• One of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is you get a hybrid of what a single party might do. And I don't think that is a bad thing.

  Kathleen Wynne

  Party, Thinking, Government

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• What we'd consider a positive role model, I think it's impossible to actually be a role model. You'll have your flaws or defects of character, regardless. You just speak like a positive role model, and that's just something that you're being conscious of, and you make the decision, "I want to say positive things."

  Curtis Jackson

  Character, Thinking, Role Models

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• Regardless of how you feel about peak oil or global warming, the increased use of natural gas is a positive thing because it is being found at a rate that is faster than that of new oil reserves, it is relatively abundant, and our reserves are longer lived than our oil reserves... It does not get the kind of attention it deserves.

  Robert Bryce

  Oil, Doe, Attention

  "Power Q&A: Robert Bryce". Interview with Jen Quraishi, www.motherjones.com. April 21, 2008.

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• I take responsibility for the times I was arrested and the things that I did. Me being 33 now, I look back on those times and I wish that a lot of things I didn't do. I wish I could have back because I see how much I influence people. People wanna follow in my footsteps and I wish that I can now do more positive things, and that back then I'd done more positive things.

  Gucci Mane

  Responsibility, People, Wish

  Source: www.thefader.com

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• Confidence is something that has developed over time which is a very positive thing to gain. Respect is also very important, both giving it and receiving it from other drivers in your team.

  Liz Halliday

  Team, Giving, Important

  Source: www.bbc.co.uk

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• The picture of a shadow is a positive thing.

  John Locke

  Shadow

  John Locke (1836). “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding”, p.74

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• There were positive things about the church, that is, in the European cultural sense, the architecture, the liturgy, the music, the art, such as it was, the stations of the cross in the church, the tradition, and the atmosphere of awe and mystery in the mass. The atmosphere of miracle, one of mainly mystery, that's what fascinates me.

  Frank McCourt

  Art, Miracle, Atmosphere

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• We deny ourselves the smallest comfort or pleasure; even if it only costs a few dollars. This is not prosperous spending. Prosperity says you can have red bell peppers instead of green, rib eyes instead of sirloin, and romaine instead of iceberg. It's not about spending everything you make, but enjoying what you do spend without felling guilty about it ... The positive feelings and emotions that prosperous spending brings is what attracts more positive things in your life.

  Joe Vitale

  Eye, Feelings, Bells

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• I'm not a conscious rapper, all those things we talk about, the struggle, the pain, the outlook to the future, keep your head up. I try to put all those positive things into a regular human character, which is myself.

  J. Cole

  Pain, Struggle, Character

  "J. Cole Talks Roc Nation, Meeting Jay-Z & 'The Warm Up' Mixtape". Interview with Damien Scott, www.complex.com. May 2, 2009.

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• When someone has a very urgent response, I think it just means that it's triggering something in them that they may not necessarily want to think or talk about - which I see as a positive thing.

  Alanis Morissette

  Mean, Thinking, May

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• As individuals, it's a responsibility to be cautious about the things we DO put out there. And taking the time to be mindful of what we're sharing. And always coming from a place of integrity. But also sharing positive things. Whether it be online, or just to someone walking down the street - just passing on positive energy.

  Lexi Ainsworth

  Integrity, Responsibility, Passing On

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• I think you have to protect your private life as much as you possibly can, and, at the same time, find ways to redirect that focus and turn the glare into a positive thing. I don't know how you do it. I don't know how anybody's ever done it.

  Scarlett Johansson

  Thinking, Focus, Done

  Interview with Arianna Huffington, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 22, 2011.

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• The positive thing is that today we can realize that a Mexican film it is positioned in the top 5 of the box office during more than one month and that Mexicans are taking into consideration that Mexican films can be enjoyed with the family, instead of going to see Transformers and that our films looks like something that are necessary to support.

  Alfonso Herrera

  Office, Mexican, Support

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• I'm not an expert in the sociological realities of all the pastors in the world, but I would say that there are some very, very positive things about the state of integrity in church leaders.

  Henry Cloud

  Integrity, Reality, Past

  "The Composition of Integrity - Henry Cloud Interview". Interview with Paul Braoudakis, willowcreek.org.uk. November 10, 2010.

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• I do try to speak of positive things. I still try to, like, present two sides of the story, and I do try to relate to life in a 360 degree and not be one-dimensional. But by all means, manage expectations.

  Q-Tip

  Mean, Two Sides, Expectations

  "Q-Tip Talks Politics and Longevity". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. November 3, 2008.

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