"You may not be able to alter reality, but you can alter your attitude towards it, and this, paradoxically, alters reality. Try it and see."

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Source : "Attitude". Margaret Atwood's commencement address at the University of Toronto, Canada, www.humanity.org. June 14, 1983.

Margaret Atwood

#Attitude Quotes #Reality Quotes #Trying Quotes

“There's no way I can go play for the Yankees.”

Source : "BASEBALL; Yankees Add Their Centerpiece" by Tyler Kepner, www.nytimes.com. December 21, 2005.
“I can't do anything too serious like Saddam Hussein, but I would like to do Bill Clinton. That'd be fun.”
“Life is a big sea full of many fish. I let down my nets and pulled. I'm still pulling.”
“But no words will change my desire / My determination born of love / My will to set my eccentric sight / On an ever exquisite dawn”
“The shocking truth about prosperity is that it is shockingly right instead of shockingly wrong for you to be prosperous. Please note that the word 'rich' means having an abundance of good or living a fuller, more satisfying life. Indeed, you are prosperous to the degree that you are experiencing peace, health, happiness and plenty in your world. There are honorable methods that can carry you quickly toward that goal. It is easier to accomplish than you may now think. That, too, is the shocking truth about prosperity.”
“I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who's not doing a good job. But I didn't make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.”
“I don't really believe in targets, because my next target is to beat Stoke City”
“I know whatâ€™s best for the President. I put him in the White house. He does well when he listens to me and poorly when he does not.”

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