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| eb40dfa | People forget they have options. And they forget that those things don't really matter. They should concentrate on what they have and not what they don't have. And by the way, wishing and dreaming doesn't mean concentrating on what you don't have, it's positive thinking that encourages hoping and believing, not whinging and moaning. | hopes hoping inspirational options positive wishing | Cecelia Ahern | |
| 98c97c2 | The job facing American voters... in the days and years to come is to determine which hearts, minds and souls command those qualities best suited to unify a country rather than further divide it, to heal the wounds of a nation as opposed to aggravate its injuries, and to secure for the next generation a legacy of choices based on informed awareness rather than one of reactions based on unknowing fear. | barack-obama choosing civic-duty courage democratic-national-convention famous-quotes fear gun-violence hope legacies making-choices mitt-romney options patriotism police-reform police-shootings political-advocacy political-awareness political-philosophy political-responsibility politics presidential-election presidential-election-campaign quotes-by-aberjhani republican-national-convention savannah-author-aberjhani social-awareness social-responsibility the-future vision-of-america voting xenophobia | Aberjhani | |
| c20c45f | Don't throw good ideas away until you've considered all of your options. | idea ideas options problem-solving solution solutions | David Eddings | |
| 657f22b | "Serpentining" means trying to control a situation, backing out of it, pretending it's not happening, or maybe even pretending that you don't care. We use it to dodge conflict, discomfort, possible confrontation, the potential for shame or hurt, and/or criticism (self- or other-inflicted). Serpentining can lead to hiding out, pretending, avoidance, procrastination, rationalizing, blaming, and lying. I have a tendency to want to serpentine when I feel vulnerable. If I have to make a difficult call, I'll try to script both sides of it. I'll convince myself that I should wait, I'll draft an e-mail while telling myself that it's better in writing, and I'll think of a million other things to do. I'll emotionally run back and forth until I'm exhausted." | options options-in-life | Brené Brown |