Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results.
~By Laura Miller ~
So I had to be careful. I recognized the responsibility that, whether I liked it or not, I had to accept whatever the obligation was. That was to behave in a manner, to carry myself in such a professional way, as if there ever is a reflection, it's a positive one.
~By Sidney Poitier ~
However, I must say that I am very happy to see that we have such a positive result for our first referendum in our history and that gives me more confidence in Taiwan's democracy.
~By Chen Shui-bian ~
Now is the time for the U.S. and the nations of Western Europe who engaged in the slave trade throughout this hemisphere to come forward in a positive way to assist in undoing the harm that was caused by their past colonial policies in the hemisphere.
~By Charles Rangel ~
Her beauty didn't do her any good and she couldn't use it in any positive way or manipulative way. I just hope that people will look and see and believe in that hope of love, that hope of freedom, even if it was just for a limited time.
~By Diane Kruger ~
Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families.
~By Mitt Romney ~
I have grown up but that should be a positive thing. When you look at a photo album it's lovely to remember being so young but it's also good to know you grew up!
~By Jenny Agutter ~
If Ralph Nader runs, President Bush is going to be re-elected, and if Ralph Nader doesn't run, President Bush is going to be re-elected. We're going to run on the president's strong and principled leadership and his positive agenda for a second term.
~By Ed Gillespie ~
Positive feelings come from being honest about yourself and accepting your personality, and physical characteristics, warts and all; and, from belonging to a family that accepts you without question.
~By Willard Scott ~
Aside from all that, we recall that antibodies to malaria and other diseases prevalent in Africa show up as HIV-positive on tests.
~By Serge Lang ~
The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
~By Thomas J. Peters ~
I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport.
~By Sue Wicks ~
Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fact that God offered a way for man to return to a positive relationship with Him.
~By John Clayton ~
But nobody is listening to those points. They are just listening to the gossip which is saying that I knew I was positive for all these years because I had a faked test a few years ago.
~By Marc Wallice ~
The different Ministries have to work more on the promotion of the country, to build Kosovo's public image. Concrete projects must be assembled, in order to activate our businessmen to have more contacts. We have to create a positive image about ourselves.
~By Ibrahim Rugova ~
You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constructive, optimistic, kind.
~By Emmet Fox ~
We manage to bounce ideas off one another. Every band fights, but at the end of the day, we're very positive about the way we fight. At least we come out with a result.
~By Keith Emerson ~
I always had this non-stop drive. I had to keep sending stories out and every once in awhile I'd get something accepted or get the little trickle of positive feedback.
~By Kevin J. Anderson ~
As writers and readers, as sinners and citizens, our realism and our aesthetic sense make us wary of crediting the positive note.
~By Seamus Heaney ~
Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.
~By Sean Lennon ~
Your smile will give you a positive countenance that will make people feel comfortable around you.
~By Les Brown ~
There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.
~By Henry Van Dyke ~
You should also appreciate the goodness around you, and surround yourself with positive people.
~By Nadia Comaneci ~
The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
~By Katharine Fullerton Gerould ~
Men are liars. We'll lie about lying if we have to. I'm an algebra liar. I figure two good lies make a positive.
~By Tim Allen ~
We need a positive economic agenda that invests in the innovation and growth that will create jobs for middle class families and ensure that America remains the world leader.
~By Rick Larsen ~
We have a positive vision of the future founded on the belief that the gap between the promise and reality of America can one day be finally closed. We believe that.
~By Barbara Jordan ~
I know some people will be surprised to hear it, but I've found that my music, whether its blues or rock, or whatever you want to call it, can be channeled into a positive direction that actually helps people.
~By Rick Derringer ~
In our music, in our everyday life, there are so many negative things. Why not have something positive and stamp it with blackness?
~By Jamie Foxx ~
I think I'm the most positive guy still going in my generation, and I'm out there to prove that.
~By Luther Allison ~
Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life.
~By Gabriela Sabatini ~
I had a great first year and Mr. MacDonald was my biggest supporter. He gave me the encouragement I needed that first year to get my career started on a positive note.
~By Jim Evans ~
No one lives long enough to learn everything they need to learn starting from scratch. To be successful, we absolutely, positively have to find people who have already paid the price to learn the things that we need to learn to achieve our goals.
~By Brian Tracy ~
The world is really figuring BSE out, and that's positive.
~By Mike Johanns ~
We would like to ease the life of the Palestinians. I prepared a new plan that we call a positive agenda.
~By Silvan Shalom ~
It's nice to help remember somebody who really made a very positive difference in the world.
~By Mary Hart ~
And I'm a believer that you take a negative and turn it into a positive, and as it turned out, it was one of the best things that ever happened to me. And so I do appreciate the Ranger staff and the Ranger organization for giving me that opportunity.
~By Nolan Ryan ~
I was so lucky to walk away with two Super Bowls and know that the last year was positive.
~By John Elway ~
When you think about the day-to-day, positive impact on the lives of U.S. citizens, there is no relationship that we have in the world that is more important than our relationship with Canada.
~By Paul Cellucci ~
Say and do something positive that will help the situation; it doesn't take any brains to complain.
~By Robert A. Cook ~
Everyone I have spoken with so far recognises the need for the IRA to respond positively and every has said sooner is better than later and I think there is some concern if it does continue to delay much longer that the situation isn't going to remain the same.
~By Mitchell Reiss ~
With what all these people are saying, do you think that anybody wants to be around me? They all think that I did this on purpose? That I knew that I was positive, for so many years? I feel now that I'm going to be attacked if anybody sees me or if I go to the office.
~By Marc Wallice ~
When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away.
~By Andy Roddick ~
I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
~By R. A. Salvatore ~
Moreover, behind this vague tendency to treat religion as a side issue in modern life, there exists a strong body of opinion that is actively hostile to Christianity and that regards the destruction of positive religion as absolutely necessary to the advance of modern culture.
~By Christopher Dawson ~
Canadians tend to be a bit more religious than most Europeans - though not more than the Poles or Ukrainians. Most important, their attitude to immigration and ethnic minorities is more positive than that of most Europeans.
~By Timothy Garton Ash ~
I am aware that my name has been connected with all the bank robberies in the country; but positively I had nothing to do with any one of them. I look upon my life since the war as a blank, and will never say anything to make it appear otherwise.
~By Cole Younger ~
That's really my goal now. I'm trying to be a positive role model to my kids and to just enjoy this ride, because it's hard. It's hard to enjoy it when you're in it.
~By Taylor Dayne ~
In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development.
~By Jose Ramos Horta ~
This whole fuss did not only damage Fischer's image, but that of the USA as well. The way the Americans treated one of their most popular citizens did not make a positive impression worldwide.
~By Anatoly Karpov ~
To be positive is to be mistaken at the top of one's voice.
~By Ambrose Bierce ~
Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
~By Jonathan Swift ~
Most of us start out with a positive attitude and a plan to do our best.
~By Marilu Henner ~
I want my life to effect the balance to the positive.
~By Mira Sorvino ~
The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
~By Walter Rudolf Hess ~
We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.
~By Alexis de Tocqueville ~
I don't know why they're doing it. I have to assume that their motives are positive, not negative. But they don't understand the severity of the problem in this state.
~By Gray Davis ~
I think Gadhafi is on the mark. And up until this point in time, I think they truly want to turn this around and become a positive player with the West after years and years of terrorism and stagnation.
~By Curt Weldon ~
A positive attitude can really make dreams come true - it did for me.
~By David Bailey ~
I've had a lot of very positive feedback about those stories, and seem to have struck upon something that most people feel. I can also tap dance, and don't know many other authors who can.
~By Paul Kane ~
If we can produce more ethanol and bio-diesel to help fuel our vehicles, we will create jobs, boost local economies and produce cleaner burning fuels. This will keep dollars here at home where they can have a positive impact on our economy.
~By Rick Renzi ~
We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn't be in this business.
~By Jeff Bezos ~
Congress must take responsibility for a new positive direction - an innovative agenda that will lead to a more secure America. Secure communities, secure economies, and a secure quality of life.
~By Rick Larsen ~
Choosing to be positive and having a grateful attitude is going to determine how you're going to live your life.
~By Joel Osteen ~
His tenacity is unmatched in my opinion. Incredible how someone could have suffered that long and come back out of prison with such a good heart and positive things to say and do.
~By Maurice Ashley ~
I hate banks. They do nothing positive for anybody except take care of themselves. They're first in with their fees and first out when there's trouble.
~By Earl Warren ~
I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way.
~By Jimmy Wales ~
A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing.
~By Tony Lema ~
We sincerely ask the Beijing authorities across the Strait to view the election result from a positive perspective, to accept the democratic decision of the Taiwanese people.
~By Chen Shui-bian ~
We have initiated programs for re-entry offenders, since some 500,000 to 600,000 offenders will come out of prison each year for the next three or four years. We want to have positive alternatives when they come back to the community.
~By Janet Reno ~
When the media defines something, you have to question: Is it the definition that you want applied to your culture? I'm trying to determine who's leaving the legacy, and if the legacy that is being left is a positive one.
~By Tim Reid ~
You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good.
~By Hans Bender ~
It has been argued that British girls are incapable of deep feeling or brilliant acting owing to their lack of temperament. This, I am positive, is not true.
~By Ivor Novello ~
I had a really bad temper, when I was growing up. Sport helped me channel that temper into more positive acts.
~By Mike Krzyzewski ~
We can in fact first place the beam of rays of moving positive atomic ions in a plane perpendicular to the axis in which we see the spectral lines emitted by them.
~By Johannes Stark ~
There is no racial or ethnic involvement in Thanksgiving, and people who may be very distant from the Christian system can see the beauty and the positive spirit that comes from the holiday.
~By John Clayton ~
There is no advertisement as powerful as a positive reputation traveling fast.
~By Brian Koslow ~
I have long recognized a link between fitness and mental health and I think we need to encourage young people to take part in sports and team activities because we know it has such positive results.
~By Tipper Gore ~
I believe that the profits will come from the quality of your creative products. Since the beginning, I've always wanted to develop a self-feeding circle of creative productions: the positive financial returns from one show would be used to develop and create a new show, and so on.
~By Guy Laliberte ~
Sometimes you're not even sure which of your stories were failures. There are things I've written that I thought were complete catastrophes when I finished with them that have gone on to generate some of my most positive feedback.
~By Len Wein ~
Aside from sales, the letters from readers have been primarily positive.
~By Jean M. Auel ~
If you are given a chance to be a role model, I think you should always take it because you can influence a person's life in a positive light, and that's what I want to do. That's what it's all about.
~By Tiger Woods ~
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.
~By Albert Einstein ~
I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images.
~By Huey Newton ~
That's what makes Linux so good: you put in something, and that effort multiplies. It's a positive feedback cycle.
~By Linus Torvalds ~
I really believe that's one of the many reasons that God had put me right in the middle of the Backstreet Boys. There are so many stars today that don't realize the impact they have on young people. Being a superstar is great, as long as you can be a positive role model.
~By Brian Littrell ~
Dallas is a positive, get-it done city.
~By Laura Miller ~
I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas earlier on I didn't always do that.
~By Gordon Lightfoot ~
For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio.
~By Ken Blanchard ~
In the annals of history, few men have left a more positive imprint on the world than Pope John Paul II.
~By Vito Fossella ~
Also, there are authors and publicists using the Internet to manipulate opinion, both positively for a work and negatively against the competition. I don't do this and can't stomach it, honestly.
~By R. A. Salvatore ~
For to be poised against fatality, to meet adverse conditions gracefully, is more than simple endurance; it is an act of aggression, a positive triumph.
~By Thomas Mann ~
Foods high in bad fats, sugar and chemicals are directly linked to many negative emotions, whereas whole, natural foods rich in nutrients - foods such as fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes - contribute to greater energy and positive emotions.
~By Marilu Henner ~
God never ends anything on a negative; God always ends on a positive.
~By Edwin Louis Cole ~
So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.
~By David Strathairn ~
It will be about which candidate, which of the two candidates remaining, is best suited to make a positive difference in the lives of North Carolina families, and I submit to each of you tonight that I am that candidate and Elizabeth Dole is not.
~By Erskine Bowles ~
I don't think, until the end, I had read a positive review of Boy Meets World.
~By Will Friedle ~
Frustration, although quite painful at times, is a very positive and essential part of success.
~By Bo Bennett ~
But when I first got cancer, after the initial shock and the fear and paranoia and crying and all that goes with cancer - that word means to most people ultimate death - I decided to see what I could do to take that negative and use it in a positive way.
~By Herbie Mann ~
Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
~By Imre Lakatos ~
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