"you are never called upon to prove a negative. that's a law of logic."
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"Change is almost always negative. Things degenerate."
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"When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive."
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"Pridelessness is negative good; humility is positive good."
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"I try to look at things in a positive way. If someone says something negative to me, I'll just turn it around into a positive."
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"Sir, there is no end of negative criticism."
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"Billie Jean was a negative dance song, and that was one of the best dance songs ever."
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"I don't profess to know how to balance the positive and the negative media attention. It's a gamble every time you put yourself out there, and, certainly, I'm always readjusting to it."
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"Positive thinking doesn't guarantee results, all it offers is something better than negative thinking."
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"It's wonderful to feel supported, but there's a lot of negative energy towards me as well. So I ignore it, to be honest. If I started to read it all it would completely mess up my head."
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"It's clear the relationship between China and North Korea has hardly ever been worse. Kim Jong-un has never been to Beijing in his leadership. The Chinese press are saying some amazingly negative things about the north, and about Kim Jong-un. So - so they are weighing in, and they are bringing greater pressure. Whether it will be enough I think remains to be seen."
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"Principles always have natural consequences attached to them. There are positive consequences when we live in harmony with the principles. There are negative consequences when we ignore them. But because these principles apply to everyone, whether or not they are aware, this limitation is universal. And the more we know of correct principles, the greater is our personal freedom to act wisely."
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"Our behavior is governed by principles. Living in harmony with them brings positive consequences; violating them brings negative consequences."
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"You can't get a pay raise when you're angry. People will react to the negative energy and will resist you."
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"Wasting time is negative, but there is something positive about idleness."
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"If you clear that negative feeling and forgive yourself, then you can see the world from a different lens. You stop attracting that same type of experience. You can set yourself free."
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"There's positive attention and there's negative attention - negative attention is easy, positive attention requires actual hard work."
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"When I read about myself and how writers have focused on negative stuff, it hurts my feelings."
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"A man who is swayed by negative emotions may have good enough intentions, may be truthful in word, but he will never find the Truth."
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"Truth (satya) is positive, nonviolence is negative."
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