"If the people around you are negative and you can't change that, either remove yourself from the situation or view it simply as one obstacle you face in pursuing your own potential. Stay focused on your own goals and make the best of the situation."

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Source : Terry Orlick (1998). “Embracing Your Potential”, p.51, Human Kinetics

Terry Orlick

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“I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood, or by some recent trauma or event. People are incredibly complicated. Who knows why they are the way they are?”
“It's easy to forget how to appreciate your front door when you're always walking through it”
“Mathematical reasoning may be regarded...”
“Since nature has the most sustainable ecosystem and since ultimately agriculture comes out of nature, our standard for a sustainable world should be nature's own ecosystem.”
“It's tough to figure out how do we compete in Europe and North America, when obviously a living wage for us is very different than a living wage in Indonesia.”
“The Presidents Woodruff and Smith both said they were willing for such a ceremony to occur, if done in Mexico, and Pres. Woodruff promised the Lord's blessing to follow such an act.”
“Feelings are memories. Memories are also feelings.”
“Morning's great that way. You can cry yourself to sleep and wake up wondering what the fuss was over.”

Source : Terri Farley (2010). “Seven Tears into the Sea”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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