Good Quotes
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Know one knows whether death, which people fear to be the greatest evil, may not be the greatest good.
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When you want a thing done, 'Don't do it yourself' is a good motto for Scoutmasters.
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I should have been happy-I was being paid to be here-but happiness does not respond to that kind of imperative; it is no good telling yourself you should be happy. (p. 225).
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I consider myself a remarkably unsentimental person. I don't look back on the good old days.
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Most people aren't lying awake at night worrying about a nuclear threat. But we are unnerved by a lot of how technology is coming into our lives and starting to infuse our lives. And we question whether that's a good thing or a bad thing.
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I think that most actors don't have very good opinions of themselves.
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I'd love to see pitches start very dry all over the world, which is good for batting but means there will be turn - a cricket match without spinners is like a chess match without two important pieces - a less interesting game.
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The thing about the Star Wars expanded universe that most impresses me is how the need for endless sequels has taken what was way back in the late Disco a fairly upbeat series where the good guys eventually prevailed and turned into a crapsack setting that's grimmer than the disintegration of Yugoslavia, Congo Wars I & II and the Mongol Conquests combined.
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At some point, I went to the studio and nothing happened. It can be really depressing to sit there and wait for the inspiration that doesn't come. I had to start recording rough song ideas before going to the studio. I did that at home whenever I had a good idea.
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The best thing about it is getting it all out there. Whatever you have on your chest, it just feels really good to talk to somebody who you have no ties to... so I think therapy is great. I think everyone should try it out.
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Active Evil is better than Passive Good.
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Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
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I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It's not a good use of our resources.
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If it's a good part in a good movie, I'll do it.
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After a while you 'd start to see who was good at that job and they treated it like it was the most important thing to them in the world.
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A well organized education should not be one which prepares students for a good remuneration alone. It should be one that can help and guide them towards acquiring clear thinking, a fruitful mind, and an elevated spirit.
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Any other business, you want your competitors to go out of business. In sports, you just don't want them to have as good a record as you do.
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Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened out one's thoughts.
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Boredom is what you fight. Constant, ever-present boredom. So you learn to look forward to small things. Sunlight glimpsed through a cloud, an extra piece of pie or candy, good thread to sew your blouse, a ribbon to wear in your hair.
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I just want to be happy, have kids, enjoy my life, help others and create some good work.
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I like music with soul and passion and the good of humanity. As long as it has those things, I'm all the way in.
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The main reason to be opposed to political control of smoking is to keep power -even the smallest and silliest kind of power - out of the hands of ... members of a dangerous class -the class that knows what's good for us better than we do.
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There's nothing in the world that isn't good, bad and indifferent.
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I hope to be painting more and travelling. Maybe fall in love. Have a dog one day. You know, all the good things.
