Positively Quotes - Page 6

• Acheron. When it absolutely, positively must be destroyed overnight.

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Destroyed

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2011). “Acheron”, p.504, Hachette UK

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• B.O.Y. means ‘Beware of You’… Be aware of your power. We have the choice to live positively or in our own destruction.

  Hayley Williams

  Mean, Choices, Destruction

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• Parvati positively beamed. Harry could tell that she was feeling guilty for having laughed at Hermione in Transfiguration. He looked around and saw that Hermione was beaming back, if possible even more brightly. Girls were very strange sometimes.

  J. K. Rowling

  Girl, Feelings, Saws

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• You are just jealous," Magnus remarked calmly. "Because you do not have the soul of a true artiste like myself." "Oh, I am positively green with envy," Ragnor snapped. "Come now, Ragnor. That's not fair," said Magnus. "You know I love it when you make jokes about your complexion.

  Cassandra Clare

  Jealous, Envy, Soul

  Cassandra Clare, Sarah Rees Brennan, Maureen Johnson (2014). “The Bane Chronicles”, p.23, Simon and Schuster

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• When he looked at me, his eyes positively twinkled. Christ. I was screwed. Eyes were twinkling at me.

  J. Lynn

  Eye, Christ, Twinkling

  J. Lynn (2013). “The Between the Covers New Adult 6-Book Boxed Set: Wait for You, Losing It, Taking Chances, A Little Too Far, Rule, and Foreplay”, p.130, Harper Collins

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• I was worried that I, the artist Morimura, would have conflicts with the participating artists and develop a strenuous relationship with them. But the actual experience was completely the opposite. The artists accepted my requests rather positively, because it came from a fellow artist. I strongly feel that the fact that my being an artist avoided the usual curator vs artist tension, and led to creating a positive atmosphere as well as developing a solidarity amongst artists and building a community for artists.

  Yasumasa Morimura

  Artist, Opposites, Creating

  Source: u-in-u.com

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• Nothing is so aggravating as calmness. There is something positively brutal about the good temper of most modern men.

  Oscar Wilde

  Anger, Men, Rage

  Oscar Wilde (2004). “The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings”, p.127, Penguin

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• People who feel positively think differently. They think better.

  Deborah Norville

  Positive, Thinking, People

  Deborah Norville (2008). “Thank You Power: Making the Science of Gratitude Work for You”, p.48, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• What I'm interested in is Britain projecting itself abroad, and through that its values and the things it holds dear. And I don't think you do that by refusing to talk to the world's second-largest economy [China]. In fact, that is positively counter-productive in my view.

  George Osborne

  Thinking, Views, World

  Source: www.economist.com

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• The mind is easily distracted; it loses its focus and becomes restless. If it is not directed positively, its power will be diffused.

  Chin-Ning Chu

  Positive, Focus, Mind

  Chin-Ning Chu (2010). “Thick Face, Black Heart: The Warrior Philosophy for Conquering the Challenges of Business and Life”, p.165, Hachette UK

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• There is a land problem in Zimbabwe, there is a need land for redistribution but it must be handled different, without violence, without conflict, within the context of the law, bearing in mind the interests of all Zimbabweans both black and white. It's necessary that the Zimbabwean government to respond positively to those sorts of messages.

  Thabo Mbeki

  Black And White, Government, Law

  Source: www.nelsonmandela.org

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• These thoughts are depressing I know. They are depressing, I wish I was more cheerful, it is more pleasant, Also it is a duty, we should smile as well as submitting To the purpose of One Above who is experimenting With various mixtures of human character which goes best, All is interesting for him it is exciting, but not for us. There I go again. Smile, smile, and get some work to do Then you will be practically unconscious without positively having to go.

  Stevie Smith

  Depressing, Character, Interesting

  Stevie Smith, “Thoughts About The Person From Porlock”

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• Success and likeability are positively correlated for men and negatively for women. When a man is successful, he is liked by both men and women. When a woman is successful, people of both genders like her less.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Successful, Men, People

  Sheryl Sandberg (2014). “Lean In for Graduates”, p.49, Knopf

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• Raff, what have you done to yourself? Your hair is positively blue.

  Kristin Cashore

  Hair, Blue, Done

  Kristin Cashore (2009). “Graceling”, p.53, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I consider it useless and tedious to represent what exists, because nothing that exists satisfies me. Nature is ugly, and I prefer the monsters of my fancy to what is positively trivial.

  Charles Baudelaire

  Beauty, Monsters, Useless

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• The only force that can overcome an idea and a faith is another and better idea and faith, positively and fearlessly upheld.

  Dorothy Thompson

  Ideas, Democracy, Overcoming

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• Really, Alexia, what could have possessed you to attach yourself to the side of the ship in such a juvenile fashion? It is positively barnacle-like.

  Gail Carriger

  Fashion, Ships, Sides

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• Start thinking positively. You will notice a difference. Instead of 'I think I'm a loser,' try 'I definitely am a loser.' Stop being wishy-washy about things! How much more of a loser can you be if you don't even know you are one? Either you are a loser or you are not. Which is it, stupid?

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Stupid, Positivity, Thinking

  Ellen DeGeneres (2003). “The Funny Thing Is...”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• We forget that every good that is worth possessing must be paid for in strokes of daily effort. We postpone and postpone until those smiling possibilities are dead... By neglecting the necessary concrete labor, by sparing ourselves the little daily tax, we are positively digging the graves of our higher possibilities.

  William James

  Effort, Digging, Littles

  William James (2008). “Talks to Teachers on Psychology: And to Students on Some of Life's Ideals”, p.62, Nuvision Pubns

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• I'm trying to encourage everybody how to go get as much as they want based on their ambition, their drive, their education, desire, and all that. The Clintons are making targets out of people who they think have too much money, other than themselves. I speak inspirationally and positively about the opportunities in America. They want to shut 'em down.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Ambition, Opportunity, Thinking

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal education positively fortifies it.

  Stephen Vizinczey

  Stupid, Silly, May

  Stephen Vizinczey (1988). “Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews”, p.96, University of Chicago Press

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• Wine's terrible for babies." Dorian swept into the sitting room to join me, elegantly arranging himself on a love seat that displayed his purple velvet robes to best effect. "Well of course it is. I'd never dream of giving wine to an infant! What do you take me for, a barbarian? But for you... well, it might go a long way to make you a little less jumpy. You've been positively unbearable to live around. "I can't have it either. It affects the babies in utero.

  Richelle Mead

  Dream, Baby, Wine

  Richelle Mead (2011). “Shadow Heir”, p.16, Kensington Publishing Corp.

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• The right U.S. tax policy could positively impact decisions to develop or redevelop new retail and restaurant destinations that make a community great. Policy improvements can grow the economy in communities across the country, spurring investment and new development.

  Thomas M. McGee

  Country, Community, Decision

  Source: wwd.com

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• Alexia,” she hissed to her friend, “there are knees positively everywhere. What do I do?

  Gail Carriger

  Knees

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• Freedom [should not be] conceived negatively as exemption from social influences or situational constraints. Rather...positively as the exercise of self-influence to bring about desired results.

  Albert Bandura

  Exercise, Self, Influence

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