#negative

But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty. ↗

— Eugenio Montale

#advised #considered #dangerous #exercise #i

Question: Why are we Masters of our Fate, the captains of our souls? Because we have the power to control our thoughts, our attitudes. That is why many people live in the withering negative world. That is why many people live in the Positive Faith world. ↗

— Alfred A. Montapert

#attitudes #because #captains #control #faith

To all my critics, you get paid to be negative. ↗

— Randy Moss

#get #negative #paid #you

In war, the army is not merely a pure consumer, but a negative producer. ↗

— Louis Mumford

#consumer #merely #negative #producer #pure

Every culture has something to be ashamed of, but every culture also has the right to change, to challenge negative traditions, and create to new ones. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#ashamed #challenge #change #create #culture

The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#american dream #any #comes #cost #destroys

I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person. ↗

— Dolly Parton

#battery #complete #complete person #evil #feel

I knew there would be a negative reaction in the press to my divorce, but I am not going to live my life because of something someone might say. ↗

— Christina Aguilera

#because #divorce #going #i #i am

I've had to deal with all different types of situations - positive and negative and extremes of both. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#deal #different #different types #extremes #had

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome. ↗

— Michael Jordan

#accept #change #especially #expectations #negative