"My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think."
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"My first instinct when I write songs is not a negative one. It's something positive... Everything I've ever done has some form of hope in it, I think."
"There's not a lot of positive role models of women in newspapers and magazines. I think it puts pressure on girls. They think that the image put out, it's the way you have to look."
"Talking about income inequality, even if you're not on the Forbes 400 list, can make us feel uncomfortable. It feels less positive, less optimistic, to talk about how the pie is sliced than to think about how to make the pie bigger."
"I like to think of myself as a positive person. Otherwise I wouldn't have had a child."
"There's not always going to be something out there for you, especially not a positive role, so once you get up there and start being well known, you can't just think projects will come to you. You have to start doing your own projects because if you don't, you'll miss out, and eventually your fame will be over."
"Monopolies are bad and deserve their reputation when things are static and the monopolies function as toll collectors... But I think they're quite positive when they're dynamic and do something new."
"I have nothing to lose and think that it's a positive thing that I am young and playing on a good level."
"I should think wrestling is the most positive thing in the world. The fact is, behind the scenes, there's stuff that goes on that's bush-league. It's laughable."
"I think the Internet is a huge positive."
"When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive."
"I think the positive competition between states in India is one of the most positive dynamics that the country has."
"I think the only positive thing that came from Uruguay's dictatorship was the spread of Montevideo natives around the world, and I continued writing about them from my various places of exile."
"I think working hard at anything when you're young and getting positive results, it's always an incredible feeling to see that."
"I try to keep a positive intention and use whatever resources I have to benefit others. I try to create businesses that I think are not hurtful. I try to do things that I think are helpful to the environment, to the animals, and to the planet."
"I like to think my dad was easygoing and kind, and I think some of those things have been passed down. I am like him in a sense of being positive and hopeful. He was compassionate, and I've got a lot of that in me as well."
"I'm not one to think of burying my head in the sand - I've always been a positive person and still am now."
"As an African-American male born with a couple of strikes against you because of your skin color, I think it's very, very important to have some positive role models around, especially male influences."
"I think of myself as a positive agnostic. I don't know, therefore I'm open. I don't know, therefore I'm interested."
"I don't think the world focuses on the positive things enough."
"I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual."
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