"Changing the destructive things you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks that life deals all of us is the central skill of optimism."

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Source : Martin E.P. Seligman (2011). “Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life”, p.39, Vintage

Martin Seligman

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“Today's prime educational objective must be to form men-and-women-for-others who cannot even conceive of love of God which does not include love for the least of their neighbors.”
“I love music, and a lot of it. Jazz is probably on the top with guys like Miles Davis. But I even enjoy music from the '60s and '70s.”

Source : "I don’t miss running, says Donovan Bailey". Interview with Paul Irish, www.thestar.com. November 28, 2011.
“Ready when you are Sergeant Pempbry.”
“To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved.”
“AC/DC, Def Leppard, Alice Cooper - I learned stories of all these guys. That's when I fell in love with Queen, which is one of my favorite bands of all time... I started paying attention to what made music good. I started paying attention to why I liked it.”
“We need to simplify our tax code. We need to make sure that it's not too cumbersome for people to be able to comply with. And that they don't end up spending more money trying to file their taxes than they do actually paying in.”

Source : "Rep. Kristi Noem: Head of the Class" by Emily Miller, humanevents.com. February 14, 2011.
“Try and fail,but don't fail to try.”
“The bottom line is I'm writing to save the dead. I'm writing to save the people I have lost, some of whose bodies are still walking around.”

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