"The combination of rumination and negative mood is toxic. Research shows that people who ruminate while sad or distraught are likely to feel besieged, powerless, self-critical, pessimistic, and generally negatively biased."

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Source : Sonja Lyubomirsky (2007). “The How of Happiness: A New Approach to Getting the Life You Want”, p.99, Penguin

Sonja Lyubomirsky

#Self Quotes #People Quotes #Negative Quotes

“Every experience of love, bliss, belonging, inspiration, and insight provides a stepping stone back to your true self.”
“A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.”
“That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.”
“I'm a good solid family man. I don't say I'm a good solid man.”

Source : "Cheap Trick". Interview with John Krewson, www.avclub.com. March 12, 1997.
“Not surprisingly, extensive effort in Britain and America goes into finding tax shelter. the system is "efficient" for the shelter industry, not for the economy.”

Source : Robert Kuttner (1987). “The Economic Illusion: False Choices Between Prosperity and Social Justice”, p.188, University of Pennsylvania Press
“I know most of the photographers in Ireland. And if I don't want my photograph taken, they will leave me alone.”
“There's no way I'm going to stand up for bad ingredients. We love seasonal ingredients. It's a false dichotomy to say that modern cooking is at odds with that, but some people want to have a great ingredient and no technique.”
“I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life.”

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