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• If negativity starts to cloud your thoughts, get on your hands & knees and pull out the weeds.

  John Addison

  Weed, Clouds, Hands

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• If we fail to realize our full potential as human beings, we live more on an animalistic level. This is fine for dogs, cats, and chimpanzees but doesn't work quite so well for women and men. Without the capacity to freely shape our own lives, much as a sculptor might carve stone, we inevitably slip into negativity and depression.

  H. E Davey

  Dog, Cat, Men

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• I don't see any negativity with what Brad Pitt is doing with his Make It Right Foundation, or what Sean Penn is trying to do in Haiti.

  Spike Lee

  Trying, Foundation, Haiti

  "Spike Lee Interview IF GOD IS WILLING AND DA CREEK DON’T RISE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 19, 2010.

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• I think when I look out and I see there's so much negativity in the world and a lot of people are unhappy and a lot people are anxious, it just feels like that's one view of the world. But you don't have to always focus on that view of the world.

  Chris Hardwick

  Thinking, Views, People

  "Chris Hardwick discusses his favorite episodes of Nerdist". Interview with Nathan Rabin, aux.avclub.com. March 07, 2013.

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• If you do something positive, something positive will come back to you. If you consciously do negative things, then negativity will rule your life.

  Sister Souljah

  Negative, Ifs

  Sister Souljah (2004). “The Coldest Winter Ever”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• I write about violence as naturally as Jane Austen wrote about manners. Violence shapes and obsesses our society, and if we do not stop being violent we have no future.

  Edward Bond

  Writing, Shapes, Our Society

  Edward Bond (2014). “Bond Plays: 2: Lear; The Sea; Narrow Road to the Deep North; Black Mass; Passion”, p.3, A&C Black

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• Make it a principle for yourself to no longer accept negativity.

  Tosca Reno

  Principles, Accepting

  FaceBook post by Tosca Reno from Apr 27, 2012

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• The paralyzing effect of fear makes us as helpless as babies and blinds us to the truth that God didn't send us here to be powerless spectators, but to become powerful initiators. We are spiritual beings having an earthly experience, and we have the power to break the cycle of negativity that is fueling a very dangerous world. It's not only possible, it's why we are here.

  Susan L. Taylor

  Spiritual, Baby, Powerful

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• All inner resistance is experienced as negativity in one form or another. All negativity is resistance. In this context, the two words are almost synonymous.
  Negativity ranges from irritation or impatience to fierce anger, from a depressed mood or sullen resentment to suicidal despair. Sometimes the resistance triggers the emotional pain body

  Eckhart Tolle

  Pain, Suicidal, Emotional

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.188, New World Library

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• Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Iron, Feelings, Suffering

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1871). “Summaries of Thought”

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• Given the challenges and adversity we face in business and life today, Jon Gordon provides a clear road map to navigate the negativity and pitfalls that too often sabotage individual and team success as he shines a light on the truths that define great leaders, great teams, and great energy. I especially loved the part about leading with purpose. I consider this a valuable book for anyone looking to bring out the best in themselves and their team.

  Tom Gegax

  Team, Book, Adversity

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• This sound meditation is gentle and subtle, but its benefits are extensive, in that it allows you to gently release tension that arises from your present circumstances, and if you choose to work with it further it can help release negativity from your past.

  Tom Kenyon

  Past, Meditation, Sound

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• The Internet is a bastion of negativity, and we get to sit there and voice our cute, little, important opinions.

  Roger Craig Smith

  Cute, Voice, Important

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• Where the poison wind blows a deadly plague spreading negativity, viciously unto every city.

  Louis Eric Barrier

  Blow, Reality, Wind

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• You know and we have about 60 to 70 percent black men in prison today and it's because of the negativity they have in their own hearts.

  Stedman Graham

  Heart, Men, Black

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. September 22, 2006.

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• When you lose, there is a whole bunch of room for negativity and I don't feed into this stuff and I do not do any talking. I don't run my mouth.

  Allen Iverson

  Running, Talking, Mouths

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• They'll probably start working on my movie sometime... They are doing a complete movie of my life story. It will not be based on any negativity. It will be more about my life, from a kid, how I came up and why I came through.

  Ike Turner

  Kids, Stories, Life Story

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• The media dwells mostly on negativity.

  Bill Parcells

  Media

  Interview with Steve Serby, nypost.com. August 5, 2012.

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• If there is peace in your mind you will find peace with everybody. If your mind is agitated you will find agitation everywhere. So first find peace within and you will see this inner peace reflected everywhere else. You are this peace!

  H. W. L. Poonja

  Inner Peace, Mind, Agitation

  H. W. L. Poonja, Prashanti De Jager (2000). “The Truth Is”, p.188, Weiser Books

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• Pause and remember - You deserve peace! So, don't feel bad for one moment about walking away from people, jobs, and situations that keep you from having peace of mind.

  Jennifer Young

  Jobs, Walking Away, Remember You

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• Pause and remember - Stop mentally abusing yourself. Stop agonizing over your past mistakes and worrying about the future. Life is hard enough without the added fear, panic and anxiety. Your soul is crying out for love and encouragement. Take a moment to breathe deep, get present and find some compassion for yourself. Then, go out and treat yourself right; pamper yourself and take care of your needs. You are worth it!

  Jennifer Young

  Encouragement, Mistake, Past

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• Not all negativity is bad. In politics, it's a necessary clarifying tool.

  Jacob Weisberg

  Tools, Clarifying

  "Learning How To Make Pork-Infused Veggies". Chat with readers, www.slate.com. May 23, 2012.

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• Every thread of creation is held in position by still other strands of things living. In an earthly tapestry hung from the skyline of smoldering cities so gray and so vulgar, as not to be satisfied with their own negativity, but needing to touch all the living as well.

  Don McLean

  Philosophy, Cities, Skylines

  Song: Tapestry

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• If I make dark my countenance, I shut my life from happier chance.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Dark, Chance, Pessimism

  Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.31, Cambridge University Press

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• I call my therapist every other day. It's not a one-stop shop. You have to push away all that negativity in your head. Face it, name it, let it go.

  Fergie

  Names, Let It Go, Faces

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