Good Quotes
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I believe in individual rights so much that I don't like any sort of 'what's good for the cause'-type questions.
Penn Jillette
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If I see a spider in the flat, I try to get a cup and a piece of paper and throw it out of the window. I can't kill them because they're good for catching flies.
Matt Smith Poison
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I kept writing not because I felt I was so good, but because I felt they were so bad, including Shakespeare, all those. The stilted formalism, like chewing cardboard.
Charles Bukowski
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If I have a name out there from this thing called 'American Idol,' I don't understand why anyone wouldn't use it for good. That's the way the world should work.
Crystal Bowersox
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The root of this possibility of doing good - that we all have - is in creation.
Pope Francis
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I believe that one version of the good in life can be defined by the moments I sometimes had playing tennis as a sixteen-year-old. You'd be out on the court and for an hour, two hours, sometimes an entire roasting hot day, and every single thing you hit would go in. Hit that ball as hard as you wanted, wherever you wanted, and it went in.
Atul Gawande
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Even good shows can fail to find an audience because they're drowned out by the noise and the sheer volume of everything that is being made. It's one of the downsides of there being, as I've argued, too many shows.
John Landgraf
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Nonviolent non-co-operation with evil means co-operation with all that is good.
Mahatma Gandhi
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Sometimes it's cool to play major third and minor third diads back-to-back, or a minor third followed by a root/fifth diad - whatever combo sounds good.
Darrell Lance Abbott
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Matthew's all right. Originally, I wanted Errol Flynn, but McConaughey should be good as Dirk Pitt.
Clive Cussler
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The universe doesn't know good or bad, only less or more.
Pat Cadigan
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I react like everyone else, even like those I most despise; but I make up for it by deploring every action I commit, good or bad.
Emil Cioran
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For every rude executive who makes it to the top, there are nine successful executives with good manners.
Letitia Baldrige
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It's one of these things that I've been struck by for so long about America. You know, this amazing politeness of American life that's not at all class specific. It's not like people get more polite as ascend the hierarchy of society. Just incredible good manners. It's always been something that I've noticed.
Geoff Dyer
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I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start.
Anne McCaffrey
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An agreeable companion on a journey is as good as a carriage.
Publilius Syrus
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I want to live a good life and pay my taxes. 'The Killing' was a blessing. It was two wonderful years. But I had reached a point in my life, especially with a young son, that I was no longer willing to compromise my life for the sake of a paycheque. I was no longer willing to move where the tax credits are strong.
Kristin Lehman
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I wouldn't want to live if I did not have my work. In any case, it's good that I'm already old and personally don't have to count on a prolonged future.
Albert Einstein
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This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!
Nick Moran
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Eagles are seagulls with a good hairdo.
Douglas Coupland
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The only way I coulda gotten out the house was if I had some kind of after-school extracurricular activity — but I wasn’t good at anything.
Noname
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In a very real sense, I represent pop culture in an iconic way. It's been very good to me, so anything I can do to help the fans to tumble along - it's good.
Adam West
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All of the people in my life whom I consider to be close friends or colleagues are good thinkers.
John C. Maxwell
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Jesus hears us, and in His own good time will give an answer... He may sometimes keep us long waiting...but He will never send us empty away.
J. C. Ryle