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• I regard almost all quarrels of princes on the same footing, and I see nothing that marks man's unreason so positively as war. Indeed, what folly to kill one another for interests often imaginary, and always for the pleasure of persons who do not think themselves even obliged to those who sacrifice themselves for them!

  Mary Wortley Montagu

  War, Sacrifice, Men

  Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Isobel Grundy (1997). “Selected letters”, Penguin Group USA

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• Personality affects appearance, so I always think positively.

  Barbara Palvin

  Thinking, Personality, Appearance

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• And as I walk round the park I always think, 'Maybe round the corner I am going to find something beautiful.' I always think positively. It is very rare that you find me in a mood that is sad or melancholic.

  Sophia Loren

  Beautiful, Thinking, Parks

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• I think you have to embrace being a role model because you are in the public eye, and whether you like it or not, people are going to be affected by you positively or negatively, ... Public-wise, I really wouldnt do anything that would be detrimental to anybody else or to myself. And to a certain extent, I try to watch out and try not to do anything that would be bad for kids to see.

  Amanda Bynes

  Wise, Kids, Eye

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• I like to read quotes that touch on how I am feeling [on social media]. If I am dealing with confusion, I will read quotes about clarity and peace of mind. I started posting these quotes on my Twitter page, and the fans responded so positively! I realized that many of them were dealing with similar issues, and the quotes helped to open up a genuine dialogue between us.

  Keke Palmer

  Media, Issues, Confusion

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• Massive, massive mentality. The mental strength, you've just got to have that because you get a lot of stick, as a goalkeeper you're the last line of defence. When a goal goes in everyone looks at you, you've got to be able to deal with that. If you make a mistake, it could be a bad mistake, how are you going to recover? Are you going to react positively or are you just going to cave in?

  David Seaman

  Mistake, Goal, Looks

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• Even when you are feeling down, you have to live your life positively, that way, happy days and happy feelings will come to you some day.

  Kim Hyun-joong

  Feeling Down, Live Your Life, Feelings

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• The term "rational" and its variants (rationality, rationalism) are used in a lot of contexts in economic debate, both positively and negatively, but nearly always sloppily or dishonestly. A specimen I've seen on more occasions than I can count is the line (usually presented with a sense of witty originality) "if you are opposed to economic rationalism, you must be in favor of economic irrationalism"... I've come to the conclusion that the word "rational" has no meaning that cannot better be conveyed by some alternative term and that the best advice is probably to avoid it altogether.

  John Quiggin

  Witty, Advice, Alternatives

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• What has happened has happened and it is now behind you. Take the best of it all as you move positively forward.

  Ralph Marston

  Moving, Behind You, Behinds

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• The regular rhythm and upbeat tunes of military music or marching bands positively affect your mood even if you don't actually 'enjoy' listening to it.

  Liz Miller

  Military, Listening, Tunes

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• At Oxford one was positively encouraged to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Wine, Oxford, Tutorial

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• Influence others positively by being a teacher, coach, counselor, or mentor.

  Stephen G. Post

  Teacher, Mentor, Influence

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• I was brought up on the romance of American achievement. No matter where you start, if you work hard and if you think positively and if you dream dreams and if you have good character, you can lift the status of yourself, your family, your friends and everyone around you. This doesn't mean that your object in life is to become rich or famous. Just do the best you can with yourself. I think that Almighty God has put that into us and I'm going to do the best I can with myself. That's what I call the romance of achievement. Achievement means to be what, by the grace of God, you can be.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Dream, Hard Work, Character

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• Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. ... Positively the principle may be expressed: In matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively: In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable.

  Thomas Huxley

  Lying, Essence, Principles

  Thomas Henry Huxley (19??). “Aphorisms of Thomas Huxley”

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• Some people build fences to keep people out and we also do things everyday to keep people close - when we play ball and go fishing with our kids, we are doing it to keep them close and fenced in. That's how relationships are built positively - we're using fences to tell people that we love them.

  Russell Hornsby

  Kids, Fishing, Play

  Source: hollywoodlife.com

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• If I only had 24 hours to live, I'd most likely spend it letting people know I loved them, and trying to make things right with whoever things were wrong with. One thing about life, man, once you're gone, the only true impact you have is on the lives you affected positively, no matter how many hit songs or movies you had.

  Trey Songz

  Song, Men, People

  Source: aalbc.com

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• There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

  John Burroughs

  Men, Advice, Earth

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• And I have to work so hard at talking positively to myself. If I don't, it's just real hard to get through the day, and I'll get really down, and just want to cry. My whole body language changes. I get more slumped over.

  Delta Burke

  Real, Talking, Body

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• Oh, they never lie. They dissemble, evade, prevaricate, confound, confuse, distract, obscure, subtly misrepresent and willfully misunderstand with what often appears to be a positively gleeful relish and are generally perfectly capable of contriving to give one an utterly unambiguous impression of their future course of action while in fact intending to do exactly the opposite, but they never lie. Perish the thought.

  Iain Banks

  Lying, Opposites, Giving

  Iain M. Banks (2010). “Look To Windward”, p.23, Hachette UK

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• Well mine is not gimmicky - it is the 6 food groups that God made, and exercising every day. Trying to think positively.

  Richard Simmons

  Exercise, Thinking, Trying

  "Interview: Richard Simmons diet". AskMen Interview, www.askmen.com.

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• Journalists don't have audiences, they have publics who can respond instantly and globally, positively or negatively, with a great deal more power than the traditional letters to the editor could wield.

  Howard Rheingold

  Editors, Letters, Deals

  "Howard Rheingold: Knowing How to Collaborate Is Essential". Interview with Roland Legrand, mediashift.org. March 12, 2012.

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• Make (the reader) think the evil, make him think it for himself, and you are released from weak specifications. My values are positively all blanks, save so far as an excited horror, a promoted pity, a created expertness... proceed to read into them more or less fantastic figures.

  Henry James

  Thinking, Evil, Horror

  Henry James, William Veeder, Susan M. Griffin (1986). “The Art of Criticism: Henry James on the Theory and the Practice of Fiction”, p.343, University of Chicago Press

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• I've just been playing the Trout Quintet on the phonograph. Listening to the andantino makes me want to be a trout myself. You can't help rejoicing and laughing, however moved or sad you feel, when you see the springtime clouds in the sky, the budding branches, moved by the wind, in the bright early sunlight. I'm really looking forward to the spring again. In that piece of Schubert's you can positively feel and smell the breeze and hear the birds and the whole of creation shouting for joy.

  Sophie Scholl

  Spring, Clouds, Wind

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• What's this?" Nick said. "Bedtime?" No one answered him. I kept my eyes closed. You look positively content, Clayton," Nick continued, thumping down on the floor. "That wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that Elena is cuddled up with you, is it?" It's cold in here," I murmured. Doesn't feel cold." It's cold," Clay growled. I could start a fire." I could start one too," Clay said. "With your clothes. Before you get them off.

  Kelley Armstrong

  Eye, Fire, Clothes

  Kelley Armstrong (2012). “Werewolves: Book One: Bitten, Stolen and Beginnings”, p.375, Vintage Canada

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• The trainee knew he should leave, but he was unable to look away. He'd never seen anything snap out so fast or strike so hard as the male's fists. Obviously, the rumours about the instructor were all true. He was a flat-out killer. With a metal clank, a door opened at the other end of the gym, and the sound of a newborn's cries echoed up into the high ceiling. The warrior stopped in midpunch and wheeled around as a lovely female carrying young in a pink blanket came over to him. His face softened, positively melted.

  J.R. Ward

  Warrior, Doors, Lovely

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