"Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution."

Garrett Hardin, American Environmentalist

Positive, Earth, Favors, Pollution

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"Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution."

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

Ambrose Bierce, American Journalist

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"The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all."

Mark Twain, American Author

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"The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Positive, Money, Thought, Worth

"The influence of blogging is overall a very positive force in the media."

Garrett M. Graff, American Journalist

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"When the going got tough, I really had to draw on many of the same competitive instincts I did when I was skating. I really had to put my head down and stay positive. I had to fight."

Peggy Fleming, American Athlete

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"It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys."

Brad Paisley, American Musician

Positive, Building, Road, World

"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

Positive, Fun, Talk, Want

"We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community."

Janet Reno, American Public Servant

Positive, Community, Prison, Want

"We've certainly learned a lot of lessons from Katrina, from Rita. Rita was better than Katrina. We're doing a better job planning. We're closer - more closely aligned with the Department of Defense. These things would be positive things if we were to have another attack."

Michael Chertoff, American Civil Servant

Positive, Defense, Job, Planning

"Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today's crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset."

Aishwarya Rai, Indian Actress

Positive, Being, Faces, Today

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