Upbeat Quotes - Page 2

• That something extra, I believe, is a certain humanity that comes from upbeat and positive human interest letters and success stories. Advertisers like to be associated with those qualities.

  Casey Kasem

  Believe, Humanity, Quality

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• Every novel presents a slice of life. A noir policier for example presents one slice, one that perhaps addresses social dysfunction or some sort of pathology, while mine present a slice that is more upbeat and affirmative.

  Alexander McCall Smith

  Dysfunction, Example, Noir

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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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• It was Vivaldi's Mandolin Concerto, Francesca Abraham realized as the radio alarm went off. Lively, unrelentingly upbeat, it was the perfect tempo in which to start the day. Covering her head with a pillow, she reached out blindly and urgently, desperate to shut the damn thing off.

  Naomi Ragen

  Music, Perfect, Alarms

  Naomi Ragen (2001). “The Ghost of Hannah Mendes”, p.69, St. Martin's Griffin

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• "Although who knows? Maybe this will be it, Katniss." "What?" I ask. "The time it sticks. Maybe we are witnessing the evolution of the human race. Think about that." And then he asks me if I'd like to perform on a new singing program he's launching in a few weeks. Something upbeat would be good. He'll send the crew to my house.

  Suzanne Collins

  Thinking, Katniss, Race

  "Mockingjay". Book by Suzanne Collins, August 24, 2010.

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• I have never been able to understand the complaint that a story is "depressing" because of its subject matter. What depresses me are stories that don't seem to know these things go on, or hide them in resolute chipperness; "witty stories," in which every problem is the occasion for a joke; "upbeat" stories that flog you with transcendence. Please. We're grown ups now.

  Tobias Wolff

  Witty, Depressing, Stories

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• He was uncomplicated and upbeat and easy. At one point, I might have thought these traits made him a simpleton, but now I think they just translate to happiness.

  Emily Giffin

  Thinking, Might, Easy

  Emily Giffin (2010). “Baby Proof: A Novel”, p.300, Macmillan

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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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• I always have music. I love it to be very upbeat. When you're having drinks, I like something like Cesaria Evora. During dinner, I like the much more traditional - old Frank Sinatra and things like that.

  Ina Garten

  Dinner, Drink, Frank

  "Thanksgiving With Ina Garten". Interview with Rosemary Ellis, www.goodhousekeeping.com. October 11, 2011.

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• So even though I consider myself a fairly upbeat person, energetic and things like that, I never do very well on happiness tests.

  Barbara Ehrenreich

  Tests, Energetic, Wells

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• I find sadness and strife to be so much more interesting with an upbeat melody.

  Zooey Deschanel

  Sadness, Interesting, Strife

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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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• 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'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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• If I had to do a record review, I'd say it's got a cannibal, consumption, obsessive, violent-sex, romance angle, but with an upbeat swing to it.

  Marilyn Manson

  Sex, Swings, Romance

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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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• Generalists, people with moderately strong attachments to many ideas, should be hard to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have weaker, shorter negative reactions since they have alternative paths to realize their plans. Specialists, people with stronger attachments to fewer ideas, should be easier to interrupt, and once interrupted, should have stronger, more sustained negative reactions because they have fewer alternative pathways to realize their plans. Generalists should be the upbeat, positive people in the profession while specialists should be their grouchy, negative counterparts.

  Karl E. Weick

  Strong, Attitude, Attachment

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• I had the great good fortune to interview Peggy Lee. Her memories of working with Walt Disney and his team were warm and upbeat.

  Leonard Maltin

  Teamwork, Memories, Interviews

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• And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to write. I wanted to try to make some more upbeat songs, so, I ended up gravitating toward writing songs with friends, which was a great learning process, and also we came up with great songs. Those are the songs that came out the most naturally.

  Priscilla Ahn

  Song, Writing, Trying

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• I feel that writers think with their noses to the ground, and the dark stuff kind of comes to me more, even though I really am sort of an upbeat guy. It's an honest descent into darkness. And you can't have the joy without the grief - it's why we listen to Mozart's 'Requiem.'

  Andre Dubus

  Grief, Dark, Thinking

  "The Exchange: Andre Dubus III". Interview with Kate Bittman, www.newyorker.com. March 17, 2011.

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• Political statements are usually more direct, and it works with the upbeat music as well, for some reason, the directness of your statements.

  Serj Tankian

  Political, Reason, Wells

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Things that Never Cross a Mans Mind is probably one of my favorite upbeat tempo songs because it is just a sassy song, and its a fun song.

  Kellie Pickler

  Song, Fun, Sassy

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• For any thinking person, it (perpetual happiness) is untenable. If you're a thinking person, your upbeat sometimes, said sometimes.

  Ron Suskind

  Thinking, Sometimes, Said

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• It is hard to compare cultures without overgeneralizing, but I think a lot of American poetry has an assertiveness - an upbeat quality - that's less typical of Canadian poetry. Of course there are poets in both countries to whom that generalization does not apply. Speaking broadly, I'd describe Canadians as being a bit more reserved than Americans. Not less opinionated - just less direct.

  James Arthur

  Country, Thinking, Quality

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• There's nothing more painful than something that's superficially upbeat but you can kind of tell behind it that there's a cynicism, or even a bitterness.

  Grant-Lee Phillips

  Bitterness, Kind, Painful

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