Martin Seligman Quotes

I have spent most of my life working with mental illness. I have been president of the world's largest association of mental-illness workers, and I am all for more funding for mental-health care and research - but not in the vain hope that it will curb violence.

Martin Seligman

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LifeHopeI AmResearchWorldCare

I turned down as many roles that I thought were beyond my abilities as I did ones I thought weren't good enough.

Joel McCrea

GoodThoughtEnoughDownBeyondDid

My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was a bit nerdy.

Jennifer Garner

CommunitySchoolWorldBandTwo

I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.

Andrew Sean Greer

GoodParentsBiologyChemistryDid

If you have a great business, if you're great at your craft people should be coming in there. It shouldn't be this secret.

Andrew Mason

BusinessGreatPeopleYouCraft

It's the murkiness of humanity that I find endlessly fascinating.

John Hillcoat

HumanityFindFascinatingEndlessly

I like being behind the scene.

Tory Burch

BeingBehindLikeScene

Harlem is really a melting pot for a lot of different people. When you look at Harlem - and I lived there almost five years - most of the people who live in Harlem are transplants. They migrate to Harlem from another place.

Mike Colter

LivePeopleYouLookPlaceLived

Sharp nostalgia, infinite and terrible, for what I already possess.

Juan Ramon Jimenez

NostalgiaInfiniteSharpTerrible

Yeah, I'd make a decent Bond. But it'd be very, very different if I did it.

Jason Statham

BondDifferentDecentMakeDidVery

I kiss grandmas because they're clean. I haven't picked anything up from a grandma yet.

Don Ho

KissCleanUpAnythingBecause

I look great because I'm happy.

Debi Mazar

GreatHappyLookBecause

There is no more moving a professional relationship than that between a law clerk and a Supreme Court justice. As a place to work, the court is unique in its intimacy and intensity.

Cliff Sloan

WorkRelationshipJusticeLawMoving

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