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• I realize that idealism is out of sync with the cynicism of our age. Skepticism has come to be synonymous with sophistication, and glibness is mistaken for intelligence. In such an atmosphere, why bother aiming high? Far too many people don't. I just want to reassure people to have the courage to persevere, to keep following their hearts even when others scoff. Don't be beaten down by naysayers. Don't let the odds scare you from even trying.

  Howard Schultz

  Courage, Heart, Odds

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• When Americans are called on to innovate, that's what we do - whether it's making more fuel-efficient cars or more fuel-efficient appliances, or making sure that we are putting in place the kinds of equipment that prevents harm to the ozone layer and eliminates acid rain. At every one of these steps, there have been folks who have said it can't be done. There have been naysayers who said this is going to destroy jobs and destroy industry. And it doesn't happen because once we have a clear target to meet, we typically meet it. And we find the best ways to do it.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, Rain, Ozone

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• We unified, we looked past and we're impervious to the constant criticism of naysayer.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Past, Criticism, Constant

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• There had been questions raised about whether we could ever really unite to work together on an issue, whether we could do it with equal passion and fervor. And it happened during my nomination and I think I forever will be grateful for that love, for that support and for proving those naysayers wrong.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Grateful, Passion, Thinking

  Source: eldiariony.com

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• I'm just remembering myself at 22 or 23. I was all engine and no steering. (Laughter) I had the wheels but I had no steering. I do think it's true that when you're younger, you're more likely to listen to all the naysayers, and people are always telling you how you ought to behave and what kind of job you should get and how you should look.

  Anna Quindlen

  Jobs, Laughter, Thinking

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• Know who you are and possess that confidence and just tune out the naysayers and the critics in a way where you feel like you possess a certain patience and perspective that many of us in the bubble lack.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Perspective, Tunes, Way

  Iowa State University Interview, awpc.cattcenter.iastate.edu. February 23, 2017.

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• I've always been inspired even more by any naysayers to keep going for what I really want and they've almost been my inspiration many times more so than any positive people around me to conquer.

  Christina Aguilera

  Inspiration, People, Want

  "Christina Aguilera Interview, Burlesque". MoviesOnline Interview, www.moviesonline.ca. August 22, 2018.

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• Surround yourself with "yay-sayers" not "naysayers."

  Lynn Robinson

  Yay, Surround Yourself, Surround

  Lynn Robinson, John Willig (2009). “Listen: Trusting Your Inner Voice in Times of Crisis”, p.191, Rowman & Littlefield

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• I've been fighting my whole career to show a different side and prove naysayers - not prove them wrong, because I don't think you should get your energy from negative people.

  Ice Cube

  Fighting, Thinking, Careers

  "Ice Cube Says Hollywood Isn't Cool Enough, Adds: "I'm Ready to Run a Studio"". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 25, 2016.

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• If you don't compromise your gift, if you write each day as well as you can, and then submit your work and not worry about it and go on to the next piece, you suddenly find oddly enough that you're no more interested in the applause than the silence. You don't hear either one of them. You can never listen to the naysayers. If you do you won't survive.

  James Lee Burke

  Writing, Worry, Silence

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• I'm a fan or naysayer like everyone else, not an authority of any kind.

  Paul Fry

  Fans, Kind, Authority

  "Originality matters". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. September 10, 2012.

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• All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Winning, Progressive, Can't Win

  "Tammy Baldwin Announces Senate Run In Wisconsin" by Amanda Terkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.

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• The naysayers, they don't mean a thing.

  Venus Williams

  Mean, Criticism, Critics

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• In every age there are plenty of people around to remind you what you cannot possibly do. Thank goodness, for these naysayers provide a priceless service: They spur...us to achieve great things.

  Jerry Spinelli

  People, Age, Spurs

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• Congenital naysayers are among the greatest stumbling blocks to thinking free. Rather than imagining how a new idea might possibly work, they instinctively think of all the reasons why it won't. They sincerely believe that they are doing everyone a favor by reducing the amount of time spent on bad or foolish ideas. But what they really do is undermine the creativity that can be harvested from thinking free.

  Steven Sample

  Block, Believe, Creativity

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• Ignore the naysayers. Really the only option is, head down and focus on the job.

  Chris Pine

  Success, Jobs, Focus

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• I don't have any special advice for America's women, except to know who you are and to put your priorities in order and to not worry about the naysayers and critics say.

  Kellyanne Conway

  Order, America, Worry

  Source: tech.fortune.cnn.com

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• I think Apple is a wonderful example of spectacular marketing and I love having my iPod. There are the naysayers who say that "nyah, nyah, it breaks" and I think "well, I don't like what Microsoft made..."

  Paula Scher

  Thinking, Apples, Ipods

  Source: es.scribd.com

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• Well then. Will the naysayers please leave the universe?

  Charles Stross

  Please, Wells, Universe

  Charles Stross (2005). “Accelerando”, p.230, Penguin

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• The competition, the naysayers, the owners who talk too much. The people who don't think a 36-year-old can do what I do. I take a lot of pride in my craft, I work really hard at my craft everyday, and I'm a true professional.

  Kevin Garnett

  Pride, Thinking, Years

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• My advice to other female directors would be to pay no heed to naysayers. Women can be united in the fact that there has always been someone in our lives who has told us "it can't be done" or "there is only so much you can do." We are constantly encouraged to think that being born a woman means we were born with limited choices and compromised dreams.

  Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

  Dream, Mean, Thinking

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.

  Vanessa L. Williams

  Believe, People, Talent

  "Vanessa Williams reflects on motherhood, struggle and stardom". Interview with Ashley Strickland, www.cnn.com. May 9, 2012.

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• I dont' like talking to horses because they are naysayers

  Pat Sajak

  Horse, Talking

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• A lot of times naysayers are just people that have not taken the time yet.

  Garrett Camp

  Taken, People

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