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Negative Quotes

"I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative ways. We kind of forget all the beautiful things that they contribute to make this country a country."

"I think we typically, as Northerners, stereotype what the South is in so many negative ways. We kind of forget all the beautiful things that they contribute to make this country a country."

Genevieve Gorder, American Designer

Negative, Country, Forget

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"I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation."

"I've come to understand that there's always something positive, even in a negative situation."

Leif Garrett, American Musician

Negative, Positive

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"I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative."

"I don't like to read about myself, whether it be positive or negative."

Chloe Sevigny, American Actress

Negative, Positive

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"But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty."

"But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty."

Eugenio Montale, Italian Poet

Negative, Exercise, Liberty, Poets

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"I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it."

"I had a couple come in with a negative amortization mortgage on a house that costs way too much relative to their income. They're consuming real estate, not investing in it."

Chris Cooper, American Actor

Negative, Income

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"And they said if we help with the crisis, they would do a lot of positive acts. After we helped in those crises, they showed negative acts and the Japanese and Turks were ashamed."

"And they said if we help with the crisis, they would do a lot of positive acts. After we helped in those crises, they showed negative acts and the Japanese and Turks were ashamed."

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iranian Politician

Negative, Positive, Crisis, Help

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"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."

"Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will."

Zig Ziglar, American Author

Negative, Positive, Positivethinking, Will

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"Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it."

"Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash through... whatever we see a negative state, that is where we can destroy it."

Vernon Howard, American Author

Negative, Negativity, State, Thinking

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"Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back."

"Maybe I'm being philosophical and spiritual, but I believe that if you put negative energy out there that that is what will come back."

Persis Khambatta, Indian Actress

Negative, Being, Energy, Spiritual

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"I do my job in Type O Negative."

"I do my job in Type O Negative."

Josh Silver, American Musician

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"When you act dramatically in that way it often has a consequence that is very negative."

"When you act dramatically in that way it often has a consequence that is very negative."

George Woodcock, Canadian Writer

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"I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted."

"I think there's an enormous value to being negative. The world we live in today, negativity is not permitted."

Godfrey Reggio, American Director

Negative, Being, Negativity, Today

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"I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result."

"I never looked at the consequences of missing a big shot... when you think about the consequences you always think of a negative result."

Michael Jordan, American Athlete

Negative, Consequences, Result

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"When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations."

"When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations."

Marilyn vos Savant, American Writer

Negative, Spelling

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"Either positive or negative comments are good because it shows I am still relevant."

"Either positive or negative comments are good because it shows I am still relevant."

Justin Guarini, American Musician

Negative, Positive

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"Consumption may be regarded as negative production."

"Consumption may be regarded as negative production."

Alfred Marshall, English Economist

Negative, May, Production

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"But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I'm trying to get to is the positive value of negation."

"But in fact if you look at film as a metaphor, only through the negative can you have the positive print. What I'm trying to get to is the positive value of negation."

Godfrey Reggio, American Director

Negative, Positive, Fact, Film

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"I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums."

"I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums."

Ricky Skaggs, American Musician

Negative, Hate, Songs

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"Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes."

"Bondage is - subjection to external influences and internal negative thoughts and attitudes."

W. Clement Stone, American Businessman

Negative, Thoughts

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"The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence."

"The negative aspects of Scottish Nationalism are a kind of aggressive complacency, that sort of boasting; but that's an expression of insecurity, I think, of a lack of confidence."

Douglas Dunn, Scottish Poet

Negative, Confidence, Expression, Insecurity

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"The oldest theory of contract is I think negative."

"The oldest theory of contract is I think negative."

Frederick Pollock, English Judge

Negative, Theory

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"There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative."

"There exist thousands of Americans who have AIDS-defining diseases but are HIV negative."

Serge Lang, American Mathematician

Negative, Americans

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"A moment's reflection shows that Liberalism is entirely negative. It is not a formative force, but always and only a disintegrating force."

"A moment's reflection shows that Liberalism is entirely negative. It is not a formative force, but always and only a disintegrating force."

Francis Parker Yockey, American Writer

Negative, Force, Liberalism, Reflection

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"Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture."

"Although, this is often used with negative connotations, I see ideology as an inherent part of culture."

Dario Fo, Italian Playwright

Negative, Culture, Ideology

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"Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures."

"Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures."

Alex Cox, British Director

Negative, Career, Hollywood

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"Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!"

"Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!"

Donna Karan, American Designer

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"Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution."

"Most of the Ten Commandments are negative. The purpose of law is not to mandate good behavior. That concept comes from the French Revolution."

Randall Terry, American Celebrity

Negative, Purpose, Behavior, Revolution

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"We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where their effects can be negative."

"We cannot and will not ban the creation of violent video games. But, we can prevent the distribution of these disturbing games to children, where their effects can be negative."

Herb Kohl, American Politician

Negative, Children, Creation, Games

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"What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology."

"What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology."

Harold Bloom, American Critic

Negative, Awareness, School, Sense

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"Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output."

"Tax increases appear to have a very large sustained and highly significant negative impact on output."

Christina Romer, American Economist

Negative, Tax, Taxincreases

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"But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful."

"But to me nothing - the negative, the empty - is exceedingly powerful."

Alan Watts, English Philosopher

Negative, Nothing

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"We were working with this lousy print and it just wasn't going to be good enough. I said that we should get the original negative and do it from that. Well, a couple guys pointed out that the negative was locked up over at Deluxe."

"We were working with this lousy print and it just wasn't going to be good enough. I said that we should get the original negative and do it from that. Well, a couple guys pointed out that the negative was locked up over at Deluxe."

David Fincher, American Director

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"You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job."

"You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job."

James Lovelock, English Scientist

Negative, Job, Politicians, Saying

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"Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative."

"Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative."

T. S. Eliot, American Poet

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