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• The Iraq War marked the beginning of the end of network news coverage. Viewers saw the juxtaposition of the embedded correspondents reporting the war as it was actually unfolding and the jaundiced, biased, negative coverage of these same events in the network newsrooms.

  Dick Morris

  War, Iraq, Events

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• I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music.

  Chester Bennington

  Pain, Able, Kind

  "What we need to learn from Linkin Park frontman's death" by Clay Cane, www.cnn.com. July 20, 2017.

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• When you do not know how to focus your thoughts effectively, they can become scattered, miscellaneous, and fixated on "stuff negative notions, toxic relationships, and situations from the past."

  Darren Johnson

  Past, Focus, Toxic

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• Start listening to what you say. Are your comments and ideas negative? You aren't going become positive if you always say negative things. Do you hear yourself say"I could never do that","I never have any luck","I never get things right". Wow - that's negative self-talk! Try saying"I am going to do that","I am so lucky""I always try to get things right". Can you hear how much better that sounds?

  James Arthur

  Inspiring, Self, Ideas

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• Some beliefs may be subject to such instant, brutal and unambiguous rejection. For example: no left-coiling periwinkle has ever been found among millions of snails examined. If I happen to find one during my walk on Nobska beach tomorrow morning, a century of well nurtured negative evidence will collapse in an instant.

  Stephen Jay Gould

  Beach, Morning, Science

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• All moralistic judgments, whether positive or negative, are tragic expressions of unmet needs.

  Marshall B. Rosenberg

  Communication, Expression, Needs

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• In my experience most mathematicians are intellectually lazy and especially dislike reading experimental papers. He seemed to have very strong biological intuitions but unfortunately of negative sign.

  Francis Crick

  Strong, Reading, Math

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• It is not a demonstration of kindness or friendship to the people we care about to join them in indulging in wrongheaded, negative feelings. We do a better service to ourselves and others by remaining detached and avoiding melodramatic reactions.

  Epictetus

  Motivational, Kindness, People

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• The state spends much time and effort persuading the public that
  it is not really what it is and that the consequences of its actions
  are positive rather than negative.

  Hans-Hermann Hoppe

  Effort, Action, States

  Hans-Hermann Hoppe (2013). “A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism: Economics, Politics, and Ethics”, p.151, Springer Science & Business Media

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• Social values in general are incrementally variable: neither safety, diversity, rational articulation, nor morality is categorically a good thing to have more of, without limits. All are subject to diminishing returns, and ultimately negative returns.

  Thomas Sowell

  Social Values, Safety, Diversity

  Thomas Sowell (1996). “Knowledge And Decisions”, p.110, Basic Books

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• Just as entropy is a measure of disorganization, the information carried by a set of messages is a measure of organization. In fact, it is possible to interpret the information carried by a message as essentially the negative of its entropy, and the negative logarithm of its probability. That is, the more probable the message, the less information it gives. Cliches, for example, are less illuminating than great poems.

  Norbert Wiener

  Organization, Giving, Example

  Norbert Wiener (1988). “The Human Use of Human Beings: Cybernetics and Society”, p.21, Da Capo Press

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• The symbol in Chinese for crisis is made up of two ideographs: one means danger, the other means opportunity. This symbol is a reminder that we can choose to turn a crisis into an opportunity or into a negative experience.

  Virginia Satir

  Mean, Opportunity, Negative Experiences

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• I think that's an important thing to do, to really pay attention to negative feedback, and solicit it, particularly from friends. This may sound like simple advice, but hardly anyone does that, and it's incredibly helpful.

  Elon Musk

  Motivation, Inspiration, Doe

  "The mind behind Tesla, SpaceX, SolarCity". TED2013, www.ted.com. March 2013.

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• Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.

  Carlos Slim

  Emotional, Feelings, Mind

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• I am not being negative, I am simply being factual when I say Kevin Rudd is the best friend the people smugglers have ever had

  Tony Abbott

  People, Kevin, Smugglers

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• Fear is at the root of so many of the barriers that women face. Fear of not being liked. Fear of making the wrong choice. Fear of drawing negative attention. Fear of overreaching. Fear of being judged. Fear of failure. And the holy trinity of fear: the fear of being a bad mother/wife/daughter.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Daughter, Mother, Roots

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.33, Knopf

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• Germans grew reluctant to stay in communal ski lodges, fearing they might talk in their sleep. They postponed surgeries because of the lip-loosening effects of anesthetic. Dreams reflected the ambient anxiety. One German dreamed that an SA man came to his home and opened the door to his oven, which then repeated every negative remark the household had made against the government.

  Erik Larson

  Dream, Fear, Sleep

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• I do like to write nasty songs. It's a useful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art out of anger, something positive out of something negative.

  Lisa Marie Presley

  Song, Art, Anger

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• I wish I could think of a positive point to leave you with. Will you take two negative points?

  Woody Allen

  Funny, Clever, Smart

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• Pay no heed to the average photographer's remarks upon "flat" and "weak" negatives. Probably he is flat, weak, stale, and unprofitable; your negative may be first-rate, and probably is if he does not approve of it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Photography, Average, May

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• The moment you speak something out, you give birth to it. This is a spiritual principle, and it works whether what you are saying is good or bad, positive or negative.

  Joel Osteen

  Spiritual, Giving, Principles

  "Daily Readings from Your Best Life Now: 90 Devotions for Living at Your Full Potential". Book by Joel Osteen, October 2005.

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• If it were possible to take interest rates into negative territory I would be voting for that.

  Janet Yellen

  Voting, Would Be, Territory

  "Why Gold Is Unstoppable" by Doug French, www.caseyresearch.com. March 19, 2014.

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• Man is/the symbol-using (symbol making, symbol-misusing) animal/inventor of the negative (or moralized by the negative)/separated from his natural condition by instruments of his own making/goaded by the spirit of hierarchy (or moved by the sense of order)/and rotten with perfection.

  Kenneth Burke

  Animal, Men, Order

  Kenneth Burke (1973). “Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature and Method”, p.16, Univ of California Press

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• If you find yourself focusing on negative scenarios, ask us angels to transmute this fearful energy into love.

  Doreen Virtue

  Angel, Finding Yourself, Energy

  Doreen Virtue (2008). “Daily Guidance from Your Angels”, p.332, Hay House, Inc

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• To create a wonderful day sometimes takes just a slight change in the way you look at it. Be willing to let go of an old, negative way that you look at something, and look at it in a new, positive way.

  Louise Hay

  Letting Go, Looks, Way

  Louise L. Hay (2000). “Meditations to Heal Your Life”, p.155, Hay House, Inc

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