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Be fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. If something is not to your liking, change your liking.


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JOSELUIS FRANCO What you see is what you get, should it not be to your liking; don't look...I love simplicity!
N. S. COLE Success is liking yourself, liking what you do, and liking how you do it.
MAYA ANGELOU On the other hand, if the future is not the one you chose then you may have to use your willpower to...
STEPHEN RICHARDS If you cannot mould yourself as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entirely to yo...
THOMAS KEMPIS Never get close to your enemies, you might start liking them.
CRISTIAN L. MARTINEZ If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper -- and despise i...
GEORGE BERNARD SHAW If you value a man's regard, strive with him. As to liking, you like your newspaper - and despise it...
ANDRE MAUROIS If you cannot mould yourself entirely as you would wish, how can you expect other people to be entir...
THOMAS A KEMPIS However, if all our relationships are based solely on our natural impulse to return liking for likin...
DANNY SILK Never "just run out for a few minutes" without looking your best. This is not vanity -- it's self-l...
ESTEE LAUDER Feeling a tremendous rakehell, and not liking myself much for it, and feeling rather a good chap for...
KINGSLEY AMIS You change when you grow up, and you start liking different things.
HANNAH HILLIBUSH Liking is probably the best form of ownership, and ownership the worst form of liking.
JOSé SARAMAGO I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me . . . All I ask is that you respect me as a hum...
JACKIE ROBINSON I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human be...
JACKIE ROBINSON If your life is not to your liking then it is no ones fault but your own. Sorry if that offends you ...
NICK KINSELLA My mind and gut are never simpatico: Every time I think somebody likes me, she doesn't; every time I...
CHUCK KLOSTERMAN A man never likes you so well as when he leaves your company liking himself.
SOURCE UNKNOWN I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a huma...
JACKIE ROBINSON Shaping anything to our liking is easy if we work hard and are persistent.
FAISAL KHOSA Liking me is optional
. . .
Respecting me is not!
IZEY VICTORIA ODIASE There's no more film. Film is gone. We photograph digitally and electronically. We don't rea...
STANLEY DONEN I’ll look to like, if looking liking move; But no more deep will I endart mine eye than your conse...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE People may not like you, but that's cool because your heart doesn't beat from their liking. You can'...
AMAKA IMANI NKOSAZANA Sometimes people put too much meaning into things. Liking something for pure aesthetics can be great...
GREG T. SPIELBERG There can be little liking where there is no likeness
AESOP We were somewhat unsupervised. The audience was there and the network is not going to complain if ev...
JERRY SEINFELD Familiarity breeds liking.
DANIEL KAHNEMAN Never worry about what could have been done. In the given situation what & how can be done matters.I...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA There are times we like to be alone. There are also times we're alone and not liking it.
MJ CHRISTINE Love’s easy. It kind of comes with the territory. But liking is another story.
MELINA MARCHETTA You know, I always liked that about you, Janet. You think like a criminal.
STARR AMBROSE You must not under any pretense allow your mind to dwell on any thought that is not positive, constr...
EMMET FOX He who says what he likes, hears what he does not like
SPANISH PROVERB I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.
JANE AUSTEN I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me that trouble of liking them.
JANE AUSTEN He loves his [Red Sox] teammates and he really took a liking to the organization. Not every aspect o...
THEO EPSTEIN I always remember liking school.
DAMON LINDELOF Hate me for not liking you, love me for not hating you.
BRANDON COOK Pretension is a poor joke that you play on yourself. Snap out of it. Recognise your strengths, work ...
VIRAT KOHLI Have no fear of change as such and, on the other hand, no liking for it merely for its own sake
ROBERT MOSES Change your thought to positive one, it will change your whole life.
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Do what you like; to whom the liking is the law.
AUSTIN SPARE Do what you like; to whom the liking is the law.
AUSTIN OSMAN SPARE I'm kind of ADD in that sense where if I start liking something, I'll just learn it to the a...
JASON MOMOA Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end ...
DANIEL OKRENT Love is better than hate.
Faith is greater than fear.
Having positive vibes is better than...
KEMI SOGUNLE That is the secret of happiness and virtue -- liking what you've got to do.
ALDOUS HUXLEY That is the secret of happiness and virtue - liking what you've got to do.
ALDOUS HUXLEY But as long as you're creating the art you want to create, if people start liking you, you shoul...
NATE RUESS People tell me track makes your legs stronger. I tried it and started liking it. I tried the hurdles...
AIESHA HARPER Friendships begin with liking or gratitude — roots that can be pulled up.
GEORGE ELIOT Friendships begin with liking or gratitude roots that can be pulled up.
GEORGE ELIOT The secret of happiness is not doing what we like but in liking what we do.
J.M. COETZEE People who don't like cats always seem to think there is some peculiar virtue in not liking them.
L.M. MONTGOMERY If you like the stuff I do, my chances of liking you go up.
PENN JILLETTE There are two ways to be contented: one is liking what you do, and the other is doing what you like.
UNKNOWN I do remember being a fan of the Marvel characters and not liking the DC characters at all.
ALFRED MOLINA Your traditional EDUCATION is not going to CHANGE your life but the life you are experiencing that c...
RASHEDUR RYAN RAHMAN How then did it work out, all this? How did one judge people, think of them? How did one add up this...
VIRGINIA WOOLF We are obliged to love one another. We are not strictly bound to 'like' one another. Love governs th...
THOMAS MERTON Getting people to like you is merely the other side of liking them.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.
JAMES M. BARRIE The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
JAMES BARRIE The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
JAMES M BARRIE The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
J.M. BARRIE Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR. Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.
H. JACKSON BROWN JR. I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.
JANE AUSTEN If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.
LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD Your perspective towards your endeavour matters most. Energy flows when you focus your attention.Whe...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA How deeply seated in the human heart is the liking for gardens and gardening.
ALEXANDER SMITH (The alternate settlement) is not really to the liking of many of us. But we're between a rock and a...
ARTHUR JOHNSON Because it seems like a lot of hassle, liking someone. Your brain runs hot, the cogs inside your min...
KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
SOURCE UNKNOWN To be a librarian is not to be neutral, or passive, or waiting for a question. It is to be a radical...
R. DAVID LANKES You'll see that positive efforts outweigh the things you are insecure about. Whatever is making you ...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA I'm very conscious of other people's opinions and of people not liking me.
JACK WHITEHALL Cultivate your thoughts in to positive seeds and see your life change for the better!
ANGIE KARAN She was a good deal shock'd; not shock'd at tears, For women shed and use them at their liking; ...
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) It is not in doing what you like, but in liking what you do that is the secret of happiness
JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE Worry deprives you of confidence & makes everything much worse, than what actually is.Worry keeps yo...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA If you don't like Beyonce, then it's hard for me to trust you. It's like not liking worl...
SEINABO SEY If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
MAYA ANGELOU It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life bless...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Be proud of your successes and optimistic of your failures.
RICARDO MONTES Your attitude can either be your best friend who has your best interest at heart or your worst enemy...
STEPHANIE LAHART There's a liking cube tucked within a larger wanting cube.
KENT BERRIDGE I have a liking for totally unaffordable 1950s sports cars.
ANDREW MITCHELL If the Roberts' confirmation is a foregone conclusion, why look like a knee-jerk obstructionist? ......
BRAD BERENSON If the Roberts confirmation is a foregone conclusion, why look like a knee-jerk obstructionist? ... ...
BRAD BERENSON Loving is doing anything for them, thinking about them constantly and being able to spend your whole...
CHRIS BROWN The best start-ups might be considered slightly less extreme kinds of cults. The biggest difference ...
PETER THIEL Food is not your remedy for problems. Food is not going to change your life. If you are lonely, food...
JEAN NIDETCH Positive thinking is very powerful. It’s the driving force that steers your life into the directio...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA Every man's road in life is marked by the graves of his personal liking
ALEXANDER SMITH Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.
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Hazel tried not to laugh. "W...
RICK RIORDAN Hey!" said the guy in the video. "Greetings from your friends at Camp Half-Blood, et cetera. This is...
RICK RIORDAN Life is only precious because it ends, kid.
RICK RIORDAN Now, come over here so I can pat you down."
"But you don't have-" Percy stopped. "Uh, sure." RICK RIORDAN Can you surf really well, then?"
I looked at Grover, who was trying hard not to laugh.
"Je...
RICK RIORDAN Hera, do not dare take credit! You have caused at least as many problems as you fixed!
RICK RIORDAN He wondered if...his dad, Zeus, would write him a note: “Please excuse Jason from eternal damnatio...
RICK RIORDAN Usually I give demigods something simple like a shopping trip, singing a funny song, that sort of th...
RICK RIORDAN Nico danced around like he needed to use the restroom. "Does Zeus really have lightning
bolts t...
RICK RIORDAN If you look at it from any other side, it looks like a pile of enormous deer droppings, but Chiron w...
RICK RIORDAN Thalia blushed. "Hi, Lord Apollo."

Zeus's girl, yes? Makes you my half sister. Used to be...
RICK RIORDAN The god of wine looked around at the assembled crowd. “Miss me?”

The satyrs fell over...
RICK RIORDAN My faithful companion, Zoe Nightshade, has passed into the stars. I must have a new lieutenant. And ...
RICK RIORDAN Wait just a minute," Ares growled. He pointed at Thalia and me. "These two are dangerous. It'd be mu...
RICK RIORDAN But I've never even been to Olympus! Zeus is crazy!"

Chiron and Grover glanced nervously ...
RICK RIORDAN Kronos couldn't have risen if it hadn't been for a lot of demigods who felt abandoned by their paren...
RICK RIORDAN Your uncle," Poseidon sighed, "has always had a flair for dramatic exits. I think he would've done w...
RICK RIORDAN I looked at Thalia. "You're afraid of heights."

Now that we were safely down the mountain...
RICK RIORDAN Doesn't miss many meals, does he?" Zeus muttered. "Tyson, for your bravery in the war, and for leadi...
RICK RIORDAN The Council agrees," Zeus said. "Percy Jackson, you will have one gift from the gods."
I hesita...
RICK RIORDAN As for my brothers," Zeus said, "we are thankful"-he cleared his throat like the words were hard to ...
RICK RIORDAN It's just Annabeth mom jeez!
RICK RIORDAN Хей! - извика Гроувър. - Тя май припадна!
- Гррр! - обади...
RICK RIORDAN Той ме погледна тъжно, сякаш мислеше какви цветя да изб...
RICK RIORDAN Синдром на Дефицит на Вниманието (СДВ)
RICK RIORDAN You're cute when you're worried, your eyebrows get all scrunched together.
RICK RIORDAN then things got even stranger.
Mr. Brunner, who'd been out in front of the museum a minute befo...
RICK RIORDAN There are parties and then there are huge major blowout parties. And then there are Olympian parties...
RICK RIORDAN Apollo?” I guessed…
He put a finger to his lips. “I’m incognito. Call me Fred.”
...
RICK RIORDAN Percy smiled. He knew the stakes were high. He knew this day could go horribly wrong. But he also kn...
RICK RIORDAN Hazel squinted. "How far?"
"Just over the river and through the woods."
Percy raised an ey...
RICK RIORDAN Can’t this thing go any faster?” Thalia demanded.
Zoe glared at her. “I cannot control tr...
RICK RIORDAN Erre es korakas, Blinky!" Dionysus cursed. "I will have your soul!
RICK RIORDAN