Upbeat Quotes

• Writing an upbeat aphorism is a temptation, but decorum forbids.

  Mason Cooley

  Writing, Temptation, Aphorism

  "City Aphorisms: Eighth Selection". Book by Mason Cooley, 1991.

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• Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?

  Natalie Imbruglia

  Song, Writing, Difficult

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

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• Being upbeat is the key to life.

  David Frost

  Keys

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

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• We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

  Dolly Parton

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Twitter post from May 11, 2010

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• When a leader is upbeat in the face of discouraging circumstances, others admire that quality and want to be like her.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leader, Quality, Want

  John C. Maxwell (2012). “The Complete 101 Collection”, p.10, Harper Collins

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• If you want to be positive, upbeat, and passionate, you need to take responsibility for being that way.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Responsibility, Being Positive

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player: Becoming the Kind of Person Every Team Wants”, p.75, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

  Maya Angelou

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

  Twitter post from Jan 15, 2017

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• If you can't change it.. change the way you think about it

  Mary Engelbreit

  Inspirational, Change, Attitude

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• I think it's important to associate with positive, upbeat people.

  William Gurstelle

  Thinking, People, Important

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• Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet.

  Mark Hoppus

  Music Is Life, Planets, Music Is

  "A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus!". Interview, www.seventeen.com. September 8, 2010.

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• In any walk of life, a positive, upbeat outlook trumps any adversarial act. Revenge is counterproductive. Unproductive emotions limit one's ability to move forward, to focus, to think positively, to act creatively.

  Jon Huntsman, Jr.

  Revenge, Kindness, Moving

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• For me, it's that I contributed, ... That I'm on this planet doing some good and making people happy. That's to me the most important thing, that my hour of television is positive and upbeat and an antidote for all the negative stuff going on in life.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  People, Important, Negative

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• If you listen to the news, read the news, you'd think we were still in a recession. Well, we're not in a recession. We've had growth; people need to know that. They need to be more upbeat, more positive.

  Dan Quayle

  Thinking, People, Growth

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• Music is life. Music defines peoples' experience on this planet. Name one time in your life that wasn't punctuated by the music you listened to at the time. When people are down, they listen to music that commiserates that emotion. When people are amped up, they listen to more upbeat, loud songs.

  Mark Hoppus

  Song, Names, People

  "A Different Spin with Mark Hoppus!". Cosmo Girl Interview, www.seventeen.com. September 8, 2010.

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• People will always criticize. Stay upbeat and love yourself! There's nothing wrong with being different.

  Krystal

  Love You, People, Being Different

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• Sure, it's easy to be upbeat when everything is going your way. Anyone can do that. It is far more important, however, to take a positive approach in circumstances that most people would view as negative.

  Ralph Marston

  Motivational, Views, People

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• Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat, whereas London can get quite miserable at times.

  Sienna Miller

  Positive, London, Miserable

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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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• There's this bubblegum pop thing which is prevalent now that we haven't had before. People's ears are slightly de-tuned; they've been exposed to this weird synthetic, implausibly upbeat, Mickey Mouse stuff which I think is just weird; it's not really a human sound.

  Teddy Thompson

  Thinking, People, Sound

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• And how deeply do I let business considerations affect [screenwriting] choices that might otherwise be more or less esthetic? . . . Do I choose the upbeat rather than the downer ending because I know it will score better at the preview? Can the idea be sold in a single sentence? Can it compete with space aliens and tornadoes and missions impossible?

  Edward Zwick

  Ideas, Space, Choices

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• I'm not a person who goes into a deep depression after a defeat. I try to remain reasonably upbeat. I'm realistic enough to know that results of football matches are often unpredictable and, when all is said and done, things don't always work out as one would wish!

  Kevin Keegan

  Football, Work Out, Trying

  "King Kev's circus act" by Jamie Jackson, www.theguardian.com. May 26, 2007.

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• What's wrong with you? I asked myself. You are a happy person. You are an upbeat sort of person. Men smile at you on the subway, women ask you what shampoo you use. Cheer up for Christ's sake, I told myself, relax, you're fine, be happy, Girl. When I talk to myself I call myself Girl.

  Jennifer Belle

  Girl, Cheer, Optimistic

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• I've been offered nymphomaniacs, kleptomaniacs, pyromaniacs, homicidal maniacs and just plain maniacs. I think producers felt that after playing a long series of noble and admirable characters there would be quite a lot of shock value in seeing me play something altogether different. But I prefer upbeat stories that send people out of the theater feeling better than they did coming in. It's my cup of tea.

  Greer Garson

  Character, Feel Better, Thinking

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

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• I have always been a sucker for the big, upbeat chorus.

  Tommy Shaw

  Bigs, Chorus, Sucker

  Interview with A-j Charron, www.guitarnoise.com.

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• No matter what the recipe, any baker can do wonders in the kitchen with some good ingredients and an upbeat attitude!

  Buddy Valastro

  Attitude, Kitchen, Bakers

  "Erica Rivera Interviews The Cake Boss". Interview with Erica Rivera, www.ericarivera.net. November 9, 2011.

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