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• I pulled the Johnny character from the Jamaican Johnny Too Bad thing.

  Robert Cray

  Character, Jamaicans

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• If someone's going to talk about me, I'd want it to be positively. The way many write, you'd think only bad things were interesting. If we don't think positive, what's the use? It's a lot more fun, you know.

  Dorothy Stratten

  Fun, Writing, Thinking

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• I wont ever put myself in a bad position so that people can say bad things about me. I make smart decisions, and my friends and my family, they are all there for the right reason.

  Derrick Rose

  Smart, People, Decision

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• It's a very bad thing when people exterminate other people, and people persecute minorities.

  Paul Wolfowitz

  People, Minorities

  "The Busy Life of Being a Lightning Rod for Bush". www.nytimes.com. April 22, 2002.

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• It's not a bad Thing to fall in Love.

  Justin Timberlake

  Falling In Love, Fall

  Song: Not A Bad Thing, 2013

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• I think if technology is used in a way that is not responsible, that is a bad thing. I think technology and where it is going inevitable, and there's great benefits that can help an individual in society at large.

  Tom Cruise

  Technology, Thinking, Benefits

  "Tom Cruise talks about "Minority Report". Interview with Bill Hemmer, www.cnn.com. June 18, 2002.

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• There are some people who know who I am but there are a lot of people that have no idea who I am - which is not to say that that's a bad thing.

  Jim Gaffigan

  Who I Am, Ideas, People

  "Jim Gaffigan Reveals Why He Did the $5 Download and the Risks That Came With It (Q&A)". Interview with Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 12, 2012.

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• There are lots of bad things that can happen to a food economy that's both extensive and centralized. There's no substitute for petroleum. To have a growth economy based on a declining fuel supply is bound to be stressful.

  Wendell Berry

  Growth, Fuel, Economy

  Wendell Berry, Morris Allen Grubbs (2007). “Conversations with Wendell Berry”, p.167, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• Isn't the drawing board the place where all the best work happens? It's not a bad thing to go back there. It's the entire point.

  Seth Godin

  Drawing, Boards, Best Work

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• On the whole, anything that gets you writing and keeps you writing is a good thing. Anything that stops you writing is a bad thing.

  Neil Gaiman

  Writing, Good Things, Whole

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• I'm no longer afraid of conflict, and I don't think conflict is a bad thing.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Thinking, Conflict

  "Beyonce Just Released a Very Personal Short Film on Feminism, Body Image, and Life" by Victoria Dawson Hoff, www.elle.com. December 12, 2014.

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• Even if you must have regard to wealth, in order to secure leisure, yet it is surely a bad thing that the greatest offices, such as those of kings and generals, should be bought. The law which allows this abuse makes wealth of more account than virtue, and the whole state becomes avaricious.

  Aristotle

  Kings, Order, Law

  Aristotle (2013). “The Essential Aristotle”, p.268, Simon and Schuster

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• I noticed that difference early on, like if you were successful in rock 'n' roll, that was a really bad thing, you almost had to hide it. You had these guys selling 200 million records with dirty T-shirts on. I was like, 'Come on, man. Come on. We know you're successful.' Hip-hop is more about attaining wealth. People respect success. They respect big. They don't even have to like your music. If you're big enough, people are drawn to you.

  Jay-Z

  Dirty, Successful, Men

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• Most trouble is unnecessary. Between the indignity of being born and the agony of dying enough bad things must of necessity happen to people. But we can't be satisfied with that. We have to go to work and see how much additional trouble we can create. Misunderstanding, turmoil, effort put on all the wrong things, and then more misunderstanding.

  Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett

  Agony, People, Effort

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• Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.

  Colin Powell

  Organization, People, Giving

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• I would like to believe there is a God, but I think it is better to say I'm not sure there is a God and live your life with kindness and respect for people than to say I know there is a God and then do bad things.

  Rafael Nadal

  Kindness, Believe, Thinking

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• Whenever I tell people I'm a misanthrope they react as though that's a bad thing, the idiots. I live in London, for God's sake. Have you walked down Oxford Street recently? Misanthropy's the only thing that gets you through it. It's not a personality flaw, it's a skill.

  Charlie Brooker

  Skills, Oxford, People

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• Children should always feel like the adults are living in this world to nurture them, to take care of them, to protect them from any bad thing that might come.

  Chris Cornell

  Children, Adults, World

  "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. September 26, 2011.

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• Waiting is not always a bad thing; it can bring its own joy -the thrill of anticipation.

  David Jeremiah

  Joy, Waiting, Thrill

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• It is a good thing to read books, and need not be a bad thing to write them, but in any case, it is a pious thing to collect them.

  Frederick Locker-Lampson

  Book, Writing, Needs

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• If God, in the Christmas mystery, reveals himself not as One who remains on high and dominates the universe, but as the One who bends down, descends to the little and poor earth, it means that, to be like him, we should not put ourselves above others, but indeed lower ourselves, place ourselves at the service of others, become small with the small and poor with the poor. It is regrettable to see a Christian who does not want to lower himself, who does not want to serve. A Christian who struts about is ugly: this is not Christian, it is pagan.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Nice, Mean

  Pope Francis' General Audience, w2.vatican.va. December 18, 2013.

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• I've never once in my life known a person who was successful who didn't have a big ego. Ego's not a bad thing.

  Donald Trump

  Successful, Ego, Bigs

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• I've heard some pretty bad things in my life. I'm just one of those people I've gotten to a point where I don't want to be rude, but if it's uninvited attention from people it's like, "Thank you, but no." I'm going to shut you down right away.

  Sophia Bush

  People, Rude, Attention

  Interview with Shawn Adler, www.ign.com. July 26, 2006.

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• The bad thing about living in a small town was that everything became a personal issue. The good thing about living in a small town was that everything became a personal issue. During times of trouble, the support system was massive.

  Linda Howard

  Support Systems, Issues, Towns

  Linda Howard (2011). “Open Season”, p.300, Simon and Schuster

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• Sometimes bad things happen when you try to do something good.

  Diana Peterfreund

  Trying, Sometimes, Happens

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