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The important thing is that I control my reaction, my behavior, my attitude and my words. What I receive back is not in my control.
Once I got divorced, there was this knee-jerk reaction to get back in the action and date. I think there's something wrong in that.
I think there are some folks who don't particularly like what I have to say, but on the whole, the reaction has been very positive.
A female voice can automatically trigger a reaction. The reasons why? Sound is the initial thing, and I've had people tell me that.
Every painting I do is related to the last one: it may be a continuation of a previous painting or it may be a reaction against it.
I'd rather create something that gives people a very strong reaction than create a show that someone looks at and says, 'Hmm. Fine.'
We try to not write stories based on reaction. We try to write them based on character integrity as we understand it and observe it.
But when I would see the surrogate, my first instinct, my first reaction would be jealousy, because she was doing what I wanted to do.
Losing produces a weird reaction in me. I surrender all sense of perspective. It's ridiculous, really. All this over a football match.
The measures and acts which show us violently disposed towards the outer world can never stay without a violent reaction on ourselves.
When a government is in fear of dissent from its own citizens, and when its reaction is to shut out that dissent, we should all worry.
Like many of my friends and colleagues, I can't get enough of Obama news; latest polling, speeches, visits, reaction of world leaders.
'The Voice Kids' was a tremendous success in Holland. There was a big emotional reaction from the parents of the children taking part.
'Survivor' was, to me, an absolute reaction that the audience was having to the sort of staid nature of narrative drama on television.
Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.
I think it's appropriate in America for anyone to speak out and say what their reaction is to the president's State of the Union speech.
Buddhism maintains that the common reaction of the human mind to pleasure and to achievement is not satisfaction; it's craving for more.
Don't be gullible, use life before it uses you. Understand there are no free lunches, and for every action you take, there's a reaction.
One day, I just got up to read a poem and started singing. I looked around - the reaction was great. And I said, 'Oh, boy. I like this.'
Every time you engage in a political debate, there is a guaranteed headache from the comment section, from the reaction from everything.
I have always been interested in having people fall into the image and be aware of their reaction first, and then think about the style.
I enjoy the reaction I get in the U.S.A. when people discover I have an English accent. They don't expect that, and it's kind of a kick.
In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves.
There will be good and bad, right and wrong. Your reaction of choice, good or bad, has consequences that affect you and those around you.
If a person, an athlete is not versed in something, their first reaction when there is a bad situation is not a good feeling. It's panic.
I had so much fun playing songs from 'Based On A True Story...' and getting to see the crowd's reaction to those songs was unforgettable.
When I write a book, I write a book for myself; the reaction is up to the reader. It's not my business whether people like or dislike it.
After watching the shrill reaction from liberals to the George Zimmerman verdict, I am reminded about why I'm proud to be a conservative.
Politics means facing up to hard choices and facing down prejudice, short-termism, the easy, tempting court of knee-jerk public reaction.
The best thing about giving of ourselves is that what we get is always better than what we give. The reaction is greater than the action.
Insofar as there is an anxiety of influence for a biographer, it may be that each new book is undertaken in reaction to the previous book.
I love doing the radio, and it's different every day. But stand-up is just you and the immediate reaction of the audience. So I love both.
Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.
We like reactions - a reaction is walking out on us, a reaction is throwing tomatoes at the stage, that's a healthy psychological reaction.
Our fans are really passionate and really protective of the characters on the show. That's just a testament to them, that kind of reaction.
There's nothing like the buzz of live theater. You put it out there and receive an instant reaction: laughing, crying, yelling, applauding.
When it comes to poetry, I think partly the numbers of people attempting to write poems is probably a result or the reaction to technology.
All ideas come about through some sort of observation. It sparks an attitude; some object or emotion causes a reaction in the other person.
I've always had good hands, but my reaction time is something goaltending helped me with, being able to track the ball at such a fast speed.
I'm always picturing her, whenever I make a catch, her reaction. And sometimes, when I drop a ball, I'm like, 'Darn it. I let my mama down.'
You look at John Cena - whether you love him or you hate him, he always gets a reaction. Roman Reigns has that same aura, that same ability.
I'll meet people and tell them what I do, and their first reaction is usually, 'Oh, I love Thin Mints!' And you know, they are awfully good.
I think I play center field better than I do anywhere else. I have enough speed and enough reaction to know where the ball goes off the bat.
When you meet someone, there's an initial reaction and then as you get to know them, things change, things deepen, or they go the other way.
As long as the crowd make noise, I will be in my element, whether it is booing or cheering. The main thing is I get a reaction of some kind.
I've seen a lot of Pearl Jam shows, and the only reaction I've ever seen is the audience being completely supportive and loving every moment.
Try to remember that every action you take in life will have a consequence and a reaction for other people, and that it's the same on social.
Normally, the same strange impulse which brings a crowd to an accident is present in the reaction to a concert in which something goes wrong.
You know what matters? Touching people. Being a real person. Because when you're in front of real people, they gon' give you a real reaction.
There has been so much underestimating of animal cognition that to perhaps overestimate it, as I probably do, is probably a healthy reaction.