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  • Stephen Leacock on positive

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    “Electricity is of two kinds, positive and negative. The difference is, I presume, that one comes a little more expensive, but is more durable the other is a cheaper thing, but the moths get into it.” -Stephen Leacock

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  • Jane Roberts on positive

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    “You should tell yourself frequently ‘I will only react to constructive suggestions.’ This gives you positive ammunition against your own negative thoughts and those of others.” -Jane Roberts

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  • Stephen Harper on positive

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    “The job numbers are positive. We’ve had more jobs created now than were lost during the recession. We’re seeing that the creation, we’re seeing those numbers not only grow but shift toward the private sector and shift toward full-time employment and these are all signs that the recovery is taking some hold but we’re not

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  • Diablo Cody on positive

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    “There’s a weird cloud around you when you’re recognizable. It was a brief window for me. I think you have to have a pathological need for attention of any type, negative or positive, to thrive in that kind of situation. And I only want compliments.” -Diablo Cody

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  • Ron Fournier on positive

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    “Political consultants are pugilists, masters in the dark art of negativity. Which is why it’s surprising to hear Democrats such as Steve McMahon and Republicans like Rich Galen urging their presidential candidates to be more, well, positive.” -Ron Fournier

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  • Berenice Abbott on positive

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    “Does not the very word ‘creative’ mean to build, to initiate, to give out, to act – rather than to be acted upon, to be subjective? Living photography is positive in its approach, it sings a song of life – not death.” -Berenice Abbott

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  • Albert J. Nock on positive

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    “The positive testimony of history is that the State invariably had its origin in conquest and confiscation. No primitive State known to history originated in any other manner.” -Albert J. Nock

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  • Emma Watson on positive

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    “People don’t really understand, but having people stare, and point, and take pictures, even if it is in a positive framework, is quite isolating there’s no two ways about it. You feel a little bit, you know, freakish.” -Emma Watson

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  • Sienna Miller on positive

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    “Everyone in L.A. is very positive and upbeat, whereas London can get quite miserable at times.” -Sienna Miller

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  • Floyd Mayweather, Jr. on positive

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    “You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren’t true, but you never hear about the positive.” -Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

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  • Lenny Kravitz on positive

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    “People always accuse me of being motivational in a way, like it was a bad thing, but that’s just how I was raised. My mom raised me in a positive environment, with lots of love in my heart, and that reflects in my music.” -Lenny Kravitz

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  • John Podhoretz on positive

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    “Political folk talk a lot these days about ‘messaging’ – a neologism designed to describe the way in which parties and politicians consciously characterize their efforts. It is only intended to be positive – i.e., ‘Our messaging is designed to show we care.’” -John Podhoretz

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  • Patti Smith on positive

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    “Good news doesn’t necessarily have to be a positive thing. Bringing good news is imparting hope to one’s fellow man.” -Patti Smith

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  • Garrett Hardin on positive

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    “Of course, a positive growth rate might be taken as evidence that a population is below its optimum.” -Garrett Hardin

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  • Miley Cyrus on positive

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    “Those minutes that I’m on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs.” -Miley Cyrus

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  • Donna Karan on positive

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    “Accent your positive and delete your negative.” -Donna Karan

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  • Jamie Foxx on positive

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    “In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?” -Jamie Foxx

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  • Ron Jaworski on positive

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    “Positive thinking is the key to success in business, education, pro football, anything that you can mention. I go out there thinking that I’m going to complete every pass.” -Ron Jaworski

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  • Henry Louis Gates on positive

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    “But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It’s had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white

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  • Ian Somerhalder on positive

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    “I can’t let time move on without fighting tooth and nail and hopefully being a part of a revolution that is positive.” -Ian Somerhalder

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  • David Cameron on positive

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    “I don’t just want a better deal for Britain. I want a better deal for Europe too. So I speak as British prime minister with a positive vision for the future of the European Union. A future in which Britain wants, and should want, to play a committed and active part.” -David Cameron

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  • Lena Dunham on positive

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    “Positive, healthy, loving relationships in your twenties… I don’t know if anyone would disagree with it: I think they’re the exception, not the norm. People are either playing house really aggressively because they’re scared of what an uncertain time it is, or they’re avoiding commitment altogether.” -Lena Dunham

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  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on positive

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    “What I have is P.H. positive chronic myeloid leukemia, which is an aberration in your white blood cells.” -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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  • Simon Mainwaring on positive

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    “More brands are waking up to their social responsibility and doing good work through cause marketing campaigns. Yet too many still go about it the wrong way. I mean ‘wrong’ in two senses. Firstly, they are marketing ineffectively, and secondly, as a consequence their positive social impact is not maximized.” -Simon Mainwaring

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  • Imelda Marcos on positive

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    “I love everybody. One of the great things about me is that I have a very positive attitude.” -Imelda Marcos

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