"To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice."

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"To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice."

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"We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects."

Alexis de Tocqueville, French Scientist

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"Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know."

Dorothy Stratten, Canadian Celebrity

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"Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice."

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"The actual danger is nothing, and the positive advantages very great."

William John Wills, English Scientist

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"If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble."

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

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"Maybe the only thing worse than having to give gratitude constantly is having to accept it."

William Faulkner, American Novelist

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"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher

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"A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing."

Tony Lema, American Athlete

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"Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive."

Franz Kafka, Austrian Novelist

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"Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure."

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"Impiety. Your irreverence toward my deity."

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"Logic: The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding."

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"Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on."

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"Destiny: A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure."

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"Enthusiasm - a distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience."

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"Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing."

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