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Positive Quotes

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

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

Garrett M. Graff, American Journalist

Positive, Force, Influence, Media

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"STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive."

"STAR TREK is a show that had a vision about a future that was positive."

George Takei, American Actor

Positive, Vision, Future

3

"Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain."

"Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain."

Robert A. Cook, American Theologian

Positive, Help, Will

3

"Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings."

"Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings."

Jose Mourinho, Portuguese Coach

Positive, Meetings, Press

3

"I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can also tap dance, and don't know many other authors who can."

"I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can also tap dance, and don't know many other authors who can."

Paul Kane, English Writer

Positive, People, Dance

3

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

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

Luther Allison, American Musician

3

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

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

Huey Newton, American Activist

Positive, Media

3

"The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits."

"The most positive step is to try to expand the employment base by making it, if not economically friendly, at least not economically disastrous, for studios to take on deficits."

Dick Wolf, American Producer

3

"Canada and the United States are also working at the World Trade Organization and in our own hemisphere with negotiations for a Trade Area of the Americas to try to help countries create a positive climate for investment and trade."

"Canada and the United States are also working at the World Trade Organization and in our own hemisphere with negotiations for a Trade Area of the Americas to try to help countries create a positive climate for investment and trade."

Paul Cellucci, American Politician

Positive, Canada, Climate, Countries

3

"The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount."

"The way positive reinforcement is carried out is more important than the amount."

B. F. Skinner, American Psychologist

3

"Everybody likes a compliment."

"Everybody likes a compliment."

Abraham Lincoln, American Politician

Positive, Compliment, President

3

"The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies."

"The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies."

Imre Lakatos, Hungarian Philosopher

Positive, Ocean

3

"This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump."

"This place? Nothing positive. OK, I want to say something positive. It's positively a dump."

Charles Barkley, American Athlete

Positive, Nothing, Want

3

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

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

Paula Abdul, American Musician

Positive, Criticism

3

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

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

Mary Hart, American Entertainer

Positive, Difference, Help, World

3

"Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail."

"Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Positive, Credit, Duty, Mankind, Will

3

"It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future."

"It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future."

Winona Ryder, American Actress

Positive, Future, Pretty, Question

3

"The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world."

"The good opinion of mankind, like the lever of Archimedes, with the given fulcrum, moves the world."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

Positive, Mankind, Opinion, World

3

"There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast."

"There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast."

Brian Koslow, American Author

Positive, Reputation, Traveling

3

"I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback."

"I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback."

Kevin J. Anderson, American Writer

3

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

"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

2

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

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

William John Wills, English Scientist

Positive, Danger, Nothing

2

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

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

Emma Bonino, Italian Politician

Positive, Flexibility

2

"So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round."

"So I took it as a very positive sign that the club came to me rather than the other way round."

Dennis Bergkamp, Dutch Athlete

2

"I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts."

"I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts."

Mike Krzyzewski, American Coach

Positive, Growingup, Temper

2

"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."

"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

2

"A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church's healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That's good, it's all positive."

"A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church's healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That's good, it's all positive."

Roger Mahony, American Clergyman

Positive, Church, Alcohol, Drugs

2

"The most important thing is to stay positive."

"The most important thing is to stay positive."

Saku Koivu, Finnish Athlete

2

"But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite."

"But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Positive, Being, Infinite, Poor

2

"It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolina families, and I submit to each of you tonight that I am that candidate and Elizabeth Dole is not."

"It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolina families, and I submit to each of you tonight that I am that candidate and Elizabeth Dole is not."

Erskine Bowles, American Businessman

Positive, Difference, Will

2

"I want to come across as a positive person."

"I want to come across as a positive person."

Greta Scacchi, Italian Actress

2

"The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways."

"The '80s seem a real positive force. The '70s were deadening, in a lot of ways."

Paul Kantner, American Musician

Positive, Force

2

"More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model."

"More Asians need to be on television as a positive role model."

Kiana Tom, American Model

Positive, Television

2

"Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

"Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

Mark Twain, American Author

Positive, People, Rest, Right, Will

2

"It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he becomes Monarch. What is he going to do with it? So he wants to do something positive but he always courts those dangers."

"It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he becomes Monarch. What is he going to do with it? So he wants to do something positive but he always courts those dangers."

Anthony Holden, British Journalist

2

"If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force."

"If it's great stuff, the people who consume it are nourished. It's a positive force."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

Positive, People, Force

2

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

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

Tony Lema, American Athlete

Positive, Sound

2

"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."

"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."

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkish Politician

Positive, Community, Influence, Israel

2

"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."

"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."

Roy H. Williams, American Businessman

Positive, Opinion, Question

2

"Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them."

"Peter Ustinov was the first really positive influence in my career. He was real and he bore witness to it. The things he said to you, he lived them."

Terence Stamp, British Actor

Positive, Career, First, Influence

2

"The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything."

"The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything."

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German Philosopher

Positive, Fault, Merit

2

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

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

Elbert Hubbard, American Writer

Positive, Anticipation, Trouble

2

"In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II."

"In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II."

Vito Fossella, American Politician

Positive, Men, History, World

2

"The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure."

"The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure."

Dale Carnegie, American Writer

Positive, Art, Giving, Pleasure

2

"Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now."

"Play like you're positive on the victory, even though they're leading big now."

Knute Rockne, American Coach

Positive, Victory, Leading, Now

2

"The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity."

"The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity."

Thomas J. Peters, American Writer

Positive, People, Act, Attention

2

"It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man."

"It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man."

George Crook, American Soldier

Positive, Man, Mind, Prejudice

2

"Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another."

"Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another."

Plato, Greek Philosopher

Positive, Harm, Man, May

2

"Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought."

"Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought."

Napoleon Hill, American Writer

Positive, Thought, Idea, Purpose, May

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

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

Mark Twain, American Author

Positive, Opinion, Public, Worth

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