My wife was the first romantic partner who understood both American and native parts of me - not so much the positive stuff, but the damage. Sherman Alexie
To be perfectly honest, I feel I have a duty to use my celebrity status in a positive way. David Schwimmer
It comes down to building your own world out here on the road. It's who you surround yourself with. My band and crew are really positive guys. Brad Paisley
It would be good for us Africans to accept ourselves as we are and recapture some of the positive aspects of our culture. Wangari Maathai
To emphasize only the beautiful seems to me to be like a mathematical system that only concerns itself with positive numbers. Paul Klee
For a manager to be perceived as a positive manager, they need a four to one positive to negative contact ratio. Ken Blanchard
Sexy in India is not considered positive. But, with today's crop of fresh faces in the modelling arena, being sexy is an asset. Aishwarya Rai
If the amount of money going into the war economy were invested in landscape restoration, we would be in a far more positive position. It may get a little dire before we pull together, but I think when the prosperous nations, and in particular the U.S., realize they're wrecking their own kids' lives, there will be a mass change in value. Kim Stanley Robinson
When children are very young, you read them books that are positive to help them go to sleep. But there comes a moment when they begin to understand the difficulties of the world. They know there are problems and the books they read should reflect that, not gloss over them. Michael Morpurgo
For the liberal state to accommodate a diversity of beliefs while having few positive convictions is one of the more admirable achievements of civilization. Terry Eagleton
But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books do deal with grave issues. People who say they are too positive probably haven't read them. Alexander McCall Smith
I think people in Botswana are pleased that my books paint a positive picture of their lives and portray the country as being very special. They've made a great success of their country, and the people are fed up with the constant reporting of only the problems and poverty of the continent. They welcome something which puts the positive side. Alexander McCall Smith
My Botswana books are positive, and I've never really sought to deny that. They are positive. They present a very positive picture of the country. And I think that that is perfectly defensible given that there is so much written about Africa which is entirely negative. Alexander McCall Smith
The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair. Herbert Read
I have played on many teams throughout my career, and I know when a team has the tools, and the right positive attitude towards winning. Boomer Esiason
You don't know what someone's going to walk away from a movie with, but you hope it's something positive, but if nothing, you want them most basically to be entertained and engaged. That's your job. But you also hope to give them something to chew on or maybe some insight into the human existence, you hope a little bit. Not to sound too lofty. Melissa Rosenberg
I am positive that flexibility is a feminine characteristic. Emma Bonino
I'm out there arguing the Labor case. I will do it anywhere and everywhere that I can. I do it within various communities across Australia where I am able to make a positive contribution. And let me tell you, my voice won't be silenced in the public debate because the issue at stake for Australia are so stark. Kevin Rudd
I am a positive person and do not allow things to get on top of me. Jamie Redknapp
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. Charles Rangel