"Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better."

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Source : Martin E.P. Seligman (2011). “Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life”, p.312, Vintage

Martin Seligman

#Weather Quotes #Tragedy Quotes #Pessimist Quotes

“A student of James McNeill Whistler tells the great artist, 'I tend to paint what I see.' Whistler replies, 'Ah! The shock will come when you see what you paint!”
“Marina, as of the sea. You stick with Hector Ricardo. I'll take care of you;its in my name”
“Does God exist? Well, I would say, not yet”

Source : "Will You Live Forever?" by Parag and Ayesha Khanna, bigthink.com. 2017.
“I keep living this day like the next will never come.”
“The mind can also be an erogenous zone.”
“A pinwheel also needs wind. And with our actions, and our intentions, we can be that wind. We have to be those agents of change for the young people and their families in our communities.”
“I usually don't say anything to the actors. It works better for me because when they come to the set, they are at the same time scared and excited because they are not well aware of what will happen.”

Source : "Paolo Sorrentino Talks Roman Decadence in 'The Great Beauty'". Interview with Brian Brooks, www.filmlinc.org. November 14, 2013.
“I'm a believer that the more I'm giving, the happier I am, and the more beautiful my exterior will be.”

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