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• Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country.

  Helen Suzman

  Country, Party, Boss

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• It always amazes me how many women like dangerous men. Men who almost from the moment you meet them, you know are bad news. Me, I prefer my men kinder, gentler, nice. Niceness is highly underrated by most people.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Nice, Men, People

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “Obsidian Butterfly: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.149, Penguin

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• One of the first rules of playing the power game is that all bad news must be accepted calmly, as if one already knew and didn't care.

  Michael Korda

  Games, News, Care

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• Frightening media messages...pervade the news business, which really ought to be called "the bad news business" for its preoccupation with disaster and destruction. In broadcast journalism, killing is almost always covered, while kindness is almost always ignored. The more alarming a news item is, the more attention it receives.

  Michael Medved

  Kindness, Media, Messages

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• The good news is that we are Buddha.
  The bad news is that all beings are Buddha.
  The sickness of being human is the sickness of wanting to be unique.

  Albert Low

  Unique, News, Sickness

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• Ladies and Gentleman, I'm afraid I've got some BAD NEWS.

  Wade Barrett

  Wwe, Gentleman, News

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• While the good news of the gospel may not appeal to everyone, the bad news of the gospel still applies to everyone.

  Matt Chandler

  News, May, Appeals

  Matt Chandler, Michael Snetzer (2014). “Recovering Redemption: A Gospel Saturated Perspective on How to Change”, p.25, B&H Publishing Group

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• A new survey shows that the American public is more conservative now than at any point since 1952. The bad news is that all the liberals that died since then are still voting.

  Fred Thompson

  Voting, News, Politics

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• Most of us do not like to look inside ourselves for the same reason we don't like to open a letter that has bad news.

  Fulton J. Sheen

  Self, Looks, News

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• It took me years to work out the difference between net and gross. In meetings I just used to say, 'Tell me if it's good or bad news.

  Richard Branson

  Business, Differences, Years

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• In the old days, they killed the messenger who brought the bad news... a Cassandra is never popular in her time.

  Alice Stewart

  Science, News, Biographies

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• My instinct is to assume that we consumers are an inconsistent bunch. We like competition if it delivers low prices, but grumble if it delivers the bad news that prices need to go up.

  Evan Davis

  Competition, Needs, News

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• The bad news for journalists today is that the media, however seriously people who are in the public eye take it, is not taken as seriously as it once was - by the public.

  Alastair Campbell

  Taken, Eye, Media

  "A crisis of credibility" by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. January 29, 2008.

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• You never want to have to give your child bad news of any kind.

  Jonathan Dee

  Children, Giving, Want

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• I thought about dying whenever I got bad news about other people.

  Jonah Lomu

  People, Dying, News

  "Jonah Lomu - The road back" by Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. May 29, 2005.

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• The gospel is only good news when we understand the bad news.

  R. C. Sproul

  News, Good News

  Twitter post from Dec 21, 2015

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• There is a prayer intended to give strength to people faced with circumstances they don’t want to accept. The power of the prayer comes from it's insight into human nature. Because so many of us rage against the hand that life has dealt us. Because so many of us are cowardly. And afraid to stand up for what is right. Because so many of us give into despair when faced with an impossible choice. The good news for those who utter these words is that God will hear you and answer your prayer. The bad news is that sometimes the answer is no.

  Mary Alice

  Prayer, Hands, People

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• So, very early reports are that Obamacare exchanges are, as expected, having some technical glitches on the first day - maybe even a bit worse than expected, because it appears that volume has been much bigger than predicted. Here’s what you need to know: this is good, not bad, news for the program... Lots of people logging on and signing up on the very first day... is an early indication that it’s going to be fine, that plenty of people will sign up for the first year of health reform.

  Paul Krugman

  Years, Obamacare, People

  "Good Glitches". krugman.blogs.nytimes.com. October 1, 2013.

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• The good news is that “The Hangover Part III” isn’t a rerun like the second episode. The bad news is everything else. For all the promise of mayhem and WTF moments, the final episode hits you with all the force of a warm can of O’Doul’s.

  Kyle Smith

  Hangover, Promise, Finals

  "The last ‘Hangover’ might be even worse than the second". nypost.com. May 22, 2013.

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• This is really hard to do but I'd like to change the tone now and briefly mention today's terrible tragedy in France. Twelve people were killed because a satirical newspaper made jokes that some group found offensive. All of us are accustomed to bad news from around the world. But this story hits home for anybody who mocks anyone.

  Conan O'Brien

  Home, People, Tragedy

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• The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven. There's nothing.

  Kerry Packer

  Heaven, Devil, News

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• We were also performing. We'd give them a list of, like, 'Here's how we want to be introduced' They'd be like, 'Great' And then 5 minutes later they'd come back, 'Bad news: we lost your list. But good news: we've got a trash bag full of weed!'

  Amy Poehler

  Weed, Marijuana, Giving

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• Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees must be encouraged to share bad news as much as good news.

  Bill Gates

  Organization, Looks, News

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.80, Hachette UK

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• Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.

  Sophocles

  Men, News, Likes

  Antigone l. 277. Sophocles's words are the earliest version that has been traced for the modern saying "Don't shoot the messenger."

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• Reality's just the accumulation of ominous prophecies come to life. All you have to do is open a newspaper on any given day to weigh the good news versus the bad news, and you'll see what I mean.

  Haruki Murakami

  Mean, Reality, News

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