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Now before going to a party, I just tell myself to listen with affection to anyone who talks to me... to try to know them without my mind pressing against theirs, or arguing or changing the subject. No. My attitude is: "Tell me more. This person is showing me his soul. It is a little dry and meager and full of grinding talk just now, but presently he will begin to think, not just automatically to talk. He will show his true self. Then he will be wonderfully alive."

I think Samuel Johnson had it right when he observed that hope is itself a species of happiness. So if we want to be happy it only makes sense to discipline ourselves to choose our attitudes, to think positively and to be hopeful.

This, in my judgment, is the highest philosophy: First, do not regret having lost yesterday; second, do not fear that you will lose tomorrow; third, enjoy today.

When life does not go our way or we inadvertently make a mistake, it is so easy to make excuses, place blame on others, or argue that circumstances were against us. But we only progress in life to the extent that we take responsibility for our actions and attitudes, and put forth the initiative necessary to create our own circumstances.

There can be no doubt that our Nation has had a long and unfortunate history of sex discrimination. Traditionally, such discrimination was rationalized by an attitude of "romantic paternalism" which, in practical effect, put women, not on a pedestal, but in a cage.

What we've found is a whole new pattern of change that we hadn't thought of before. They changed their attitude toward the colony over time - and they really adapted to the reality they found in Virginia.

You want every senior go out like the seniors did last year having the best year of their career. But that's not reality. It's not going to work that way for everybody. But I think Moe's attitude has been fantastic.

The public schools shall be free from sectarian influences and, above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed.

I had carefully read the Balfour Declaration. I had familiarized myself with the history of the question of a Jewish homeland and the position of the British and the Arabs. I was skeptical, as I read over the whole record up to date, about some of the views and attitudes assumed by the 'striped-pants boys' in the State Department.

We have allowed our youths to buy into a culture (hip hop) that has been perverted, corrupted and overtaken by prison culture. The music, attitude and behavior expressed in this culture is anti-black, anti-education, demeaning, self-destructive, pro-drug dealing and violent.

The attitude we have towards our personal pets as opposed to the animals that suffer under the factory farm is hypocritical and delusional.

Only in America could you find a way to make a healthy buck,_x000D__x000D_And still keep your attitude on self-destruct.

I seen her in the subway, on my way to Brooklyn._x000D__x000D_"Hello, good lookin, is this seat tooken?"_x000D__x000D__x000D_On the A Train, pickin at her brain,_x000D__x000D_I couldn't get her number, I couldn't get her name._x000D__x000D__x000D_I said, "I still like your style and fashion,_x000D__x000D_But I hate your hot sadiddy attitude wit a passion._x000D__x000D_Is it because brothers like to hawk a lot?_x000D__x000D_Is it because your sign don't talk a lot?"_x000D__x000D__x000D_She turned away, no play, I said, "OK,_x000D__x000D_You don't really look good, I hope you have a bad day."

I want a girl with extensions in her hair,_x000D__x000D_Bamboo earrings, at least two pair,_x000D__x000D_A Fendi bag and a bad attitude,_x000D__x000D_That's all I need to get me in a good mood._x000D__x000D_She can walk with a switch and talk with street slang,_x000D__x000D_I love it when a woman ain't scared to do her thing.

You know them days you just got the blues,_x000D__x000D_All stressed and depressed from just watchin' the news?_x000D__x000D_No matter what good you do, it seems you always get screwed._x000D__x000D_Got you caught up in your feelings, now you off in the mood._x000D__x000D_Shake that attitude and do what you can,_x000D__x000D_Set a couple goals, follow through with your plans._x000D__x000D_Time waits for no man and tomorrow's not promised,_x000D__x000D_So if she's still alive, shoot a call to your mama._x000D__x000D_Cause the fighting and the drama, it's just not worth it,_x000D__x000D_Nobody's perfect, ain't none of us worthless._x000D__x000D_We all got a place, and we all got a purpose.

I mean everything's a lot more smoother. It's just calm. IN the beginning, I had the typical attitude of a young rapper makin money... ya know I was the partyin guy... I was the guy wit the girls... all the extra that came wit the game...it's up to the artist to know when to say when. You can't live that kind of lifestyle forever. ...I learn from the other people's mistake. I know when to say no. You learn to make the right decisions and pick the right choices. That's all that's really changed.

Divorce is the psychological equivalent of a triple coronary by pass. After such a monumental assault on the heart, it takes years to amend all the habits and attitudes that led up to it.

In times of unrest and in an unstable economy, it is very easy to let your attitude slip and begin feeling sorry for yourself. This is precisely when you want to practice healthy attitudinal rules to stay alert, alive and enthusiastic. Don't ever lose the zest for life and life won't lose its zest for you. Say something positive to every person you meet today.

A fantastic positive ATTITUDE makes a great day! SMILE!

Antisemitism is unique among religious hatreds. It is a racist conspiracy theory fashioned for the needs of messianic and brutal rulers, as dictators from the Tsars to the Islamists via the Nazis have shown. Many other alleged religious 'hatreds' are not hatreds in the true sense. If I criticise Islamic, Orthodox Jewish or Catholic attitudes towards women, for instance, and I'm accused of being a bigot, I shrug and say it is not bigoted to oppose bigotry.

Those who give up cannot gain victory.” It’s not victory that is so important, but the fighting spirit. Even if you fail, I think even just the attitude of not giving up is beautiful in itself.