#attitude

It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. ↗

— William James

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Americans are the most generous country on the planet. I've worked in Europe, I've worked in Australia. There is no where else where you get absolutely no attitude for being a foreigner. If you do your job well, they embrace you. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

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If philosophy is practice, a demand to know the manner in which its history is to be studied is entailed: a theoretical attitude toward it becomes real only in the living appropriation of its contents from the texts. ↗

— Karl Jaspers

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I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians. ↗

— Elton John

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That attitude that fighting is probably not fair, but you have to defend yourself anyway and damage the enemy, has been profoundly consequential as far as my political activism goes. ↗

— June Jordan

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I hope the millions of people I've touched have the optimism and desire to share their goals and hard work and persevere with a positive attitude. ↗

— Michael Jordan

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The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead. ↗

— Milan Kundera

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The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Woman must have her freedom, the fundamental freedom of choosing whether or not she will be a mother and how many children she will have. Regardless of what man's attitude may be, that problem is hers - and before it can be his, it is hers alone. ↗

— Margaret Sanger

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The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant. ↗

— Edward Sapir

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