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Positive Quotes


"Everybody likes a compliment."


"It's never paid to bet against America. We come through things, but its not always a smooth ride."


"I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way."


"We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people."


"When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada."


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


"It's nice to help remember somebody who really made a very positive difference in the world."


"For, to be a stranger is naturally a very positive relation; it is a specific form of interaction."


"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."


"That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle."


"I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images."


"I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport."


"I have never won a race, and that is my main disappointment - but you have to be positive."


"You've done it before and you can do it now. See the positive possibilities. Redirect the substantial energy of your frustration and turn it into positive, effective, unstoppable determination."


"I have long been a supporter of the Head Start program because each and every year I witness the dramatic positive impact that early intervention services have on children's lives in my congressional district."



"I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up!"


"For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph."


"He is a very positive captain; he is proactive as well as reactive. He is keen to read the game, to get in there, and he never stops thinking about the game, the situation, and trying to turn it to his advantage. He has been very good for the game."


"I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that."


"Constructive criticism is about finding something good and positive to soften the blow to the real critique of what really went on."


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


"I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic."


"I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives."


"A lasting solution to this problem will have an exceptionally positive influence foremost on the peoples of Palestine and Israel, as well as on the region and the international community."


"One thing that hasn't changed, though, is that we still have to hear the new ad 2 or 3 times before it begins to affect us, even when we're already familiar with the advertiser in question and have a positive opinion of them."


"I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well."
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