Martin Seligman Quotes

It used to be that whenever I introduced myself to people and told them I was a psychologist, they would shrink away from me. Because, quite rightly, the impression the American public has of psychologists is, 'You want to know what's wrong with me.'

Martin Seligman

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MyselfPeopleMeAmericanYouWrong

Great stories are still just great yarns. News remains the best human drama ever. Technology is not changing the story; it is just changing the way in which we deliver it.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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I get called Harold the most. I think maybe 'Harold & Kumar' fans don't know my name, and 'Star Trek' fans do know my name... Harold fans are vocal!

John Cho

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My favorite Wes Anderson movie is 'The Darjeeling Limited,' because I have two other brothers, and I just feel that connection so well. All of his films have something so great and unique about them, that I don't know how I would be if I don't like them. I wouldn't be me. My personality is his sensibility.

Tony Revolori

GreatPersonalityMeFeelUnique

It's hard for me to stay silent when I keep hearing that peace is only attainable through war. There's nothing more scary than watching ignorance in action.

Tom Smothers

IgnorancePeaceWarMeActionHard

To play 'Tetris' is to knowingly opt in to something that has no end and no way of winning.

Mary Pilon

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I wanted to make a record that people could put on year after year after year, and it would never feel dated.

Martina McBride

PeopleFeelYearNeverMakeWould

I'm a filmmaker, but my working procedures are different. All my basic structuring is done during the filming. You know, how long I keep the shot, the exposure or the speed - slower or faster, etc. That's structuring. And then there is a second stage of structuring that comes later when I begin to put those pieces together.

Jonas Mekas

TogetherSpeedLongYouKnowDone

That's the miracle of music. No one can reinterpret a Picasso, but a song can be remixed and covered and interpreted in an infinite number of ways. It's a living thing.

Chris Cornell

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When I climb a fourteener, a 14,000-foot/4,260-meter peak, in the winter by myself, I leave an itinerary and information about where my vehicle will be parked and the name of the county sheriff to contact in case I don't get home.

Aron Ralston

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I love history. I love art. I like to mix it all together, but in the end it somehow has to all make sense.

Anna Sui

LoveHistoryArtTogetherEndSense

My parents keep telling me to be thick-skinned in the industry. They tell me how people will put you up on a high platform and then bring you down. They also tell me to not believe in the image created by the hype.

Alia Bhatt

ParentsPeopleMeBelieveYouDown

As far as a glass ceiling, I feel that all you can do is give it your absolute best with whatever gifts the universe has given you. And if you make it in some way that other people can recognize, that's fine. But even if you don't quote-unquote make it, you're fine if you've given it your whole heart and soul.

Alice Walker

HeartBestSoulPeopleUniverseYou

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