Good Quotes
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You may think life is sweet now, but when death is a heartbeat away then life becomes unbearably desirable. And when you survive, everything you do will be enhanced and filled with greater joy: the sunlight, the breeze, a good wine, a woman's lips, a child's laughter.
David Gemmell
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Most people feel that they are the heroes of their own lives and that they're good people. So if they're in a crisis, they feel an understandable urge to set out their own version of events.
Louis Theroux
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I'm doing my best to be mindful about how I'm living: to be kind and patient, and not to impose a bad mood on somebody else. Being mindful is as good a way to be spiritual as anything else.
Deirdre O'Kane
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If there is any test that can be applied to movies, it's that the good ones never make you feel virtuous.
Pauline Kael
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If there was a little room somewhere in the British Museum that contained only about twenty exhibits and good lighting, easy chairs, and a notice imploring you to smoke, I believe I should become a museum man.
J. B. Priestley
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Mo: I miss the good old days. Smash the family! Smash the state!Sydney: What about Clarice and Toni and Raffi? D'you want to smash their family?Mo: Please, Sydney. I'm expressing an ideological conviction, not talking about real people.
Alison Bechdel
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I was good in biology, but I did very badly in chemistry, and my parents were horrified by that.
Andrew Sean Greer
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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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It's really the creature of my own making from top to bottom. I appreciate that. And the good fortune, the perseverance, having the stamina to stick around longer than everyone else even after people write you off - that's always been a good motivating force in my life.
Ariel Pink
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I like a lot of documentaries, I like political movies and political thrillers. But I also like a good action movie. I like a pretty wide range.
John Roger Stephens
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A novel quite possibly won't be good and, even more possibly, will have not-good parts, but at least it won't shape-shift on you; at least you can say that you're halfway through and know that this maps onto some clear, visualizable chunk of narrative.
Ben Dolnick
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Life is a lot more fun with good, positive people around you.
Whitney Wolfe Herd
