Be Good Quotes - Page 19

• You can't do four movies and be good to everybody and be flying all night and shooting all day with a different wig and then be going to sing on Broadway without feeling a little tired. You endlessly feel you're letting somebody down.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Tired, Night, Flying

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• I really wasn't even sure if I should continue acting. I would like try and figure out if I could be good enough to do it. It was like 10 or 12 years into my career before I felt like maybe I can do it. It was such a different time than now.

  Forest Whitaker

  Years, Careers, Trying

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• In 50 years - or 20 years, or 200 years - our current epistemic horizon (the Big Bang, roughly) may look as parochial as the horizon Newton had to settle for in his day, but no doubt there will still be good questions whose answers elude us.

  Daniel Dennett

  Elude Us, Years, Doubt

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• A lot of things I am, and a lot of things I am not. But I think I'm about as good an American as there is. I love this country. It's been very, very good to me. And it will be good to anybody if they are willing to give of themselves.

  Jimmy Dean

  Country, Thinking, Giving

  "Jimmy Dean: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. June 14, 2010.

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• I think most non-Christians who try to be good people are probably better Christians than Christians.

  Paul Kantner

  Christian, Thinking, People

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• There's a presumption that somehow you calculate beforehand whether something is going to be good politically or not. I simply don't.

  Bob Brown

  Presumption

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

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• Indian actors, because of the format of our stories, need to be good actors, and be able to perform emotional sequences, do a bit of comedy, dance and singing, action, because all of this forms just one film. In many ways I'd say there are greater demands on Indian actors than there are on Hollywood.

  Amitabh Bachchan

  Emotional, Singing, Hollywood

  "Interview: Amitabh Bachchan". Interview, edition.cnn.com. July 10, 2007.

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• I'm thinking about directing, but I know it's a lot of work and I appreciate what directors do and I would like to be good at it. The opportunity has presented itself four to five times, and I usually said no because of the script.

  Angela Bassett

  Opportunity, Thinking, Appreciate

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

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• In today's politics, it would be good to have politicians who are more upfront about what they felt and actually not trying to bend with every breeze. They're infuriating, all of them.

  Jim Broadbent

  Trying, Would Be, Today

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• I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them.

  Pete Best

  Daughter, Two, Wife

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• When you think about what the odds are to have four boys to not only be able to follow in the footsteps in a basketball career but to also be good in the secondary career as far as the broadcasting, it's pretty remarkable.

  Rick Barry

  Basketball, Boys, Thinking

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• I have no idea what goes on in another person's mind. As a legislator, I need to be good at persuading people, counting votes and getting to 50 percent plus one. I don't go back and say, 'Why did this person get to the right position?' It's only, 'Are you yes or are you no?

  Tammy Baldwin

  Ideas, People, Mind

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• I like vocabulary and I actually read a book called 'Word Freak,' which is about a guy who basically went into competitive Scrabble for a year. But having a big vocabulary and being good at Scrabble are not the same thing.

  Stephen Amell

  Book, Vocabulary, Years

  "Stephen Amell On “Queer” Beginnings And The New 'Arrow' Queen". Interview with Jim Halterman, www.newnownext.com. August 27, 2012.

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• In the old days, a con man would be good looking, suave, well dressed, well spoken and presented themselves real well. Those days are gone because it's not necessary. The people committing these crimes are doing them from hundreds of miles away.

  Frank Abagnale

  Real, Men, People

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• Conversely, I came to realize that being good at something is hardly a reason to avoid doing it.

  Eric Allin Cornell

  Realizing, Reason

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• I just like a good story. I want the story to be good and I want the character to be different than the last one I played. That's not always possible, but that's what I want.

  Garret Dillahunt

  Character, Different, Stories

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

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• I'm an independent, straight in the middle. I've donated to candidates that I thought would be good that are Republican and Democrats alike.

  John Paul DeJoria

  Independent, Would Be, Republican

  "High Price for Jobs; Obama Getting Ready to Counter; Aurora Victims' Fund". "Erin Burnett OutFront" with Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper, edition.cnn.com. August 31, 2012.

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• To become a classical ballerina, you have to move to New York when you're 12 or 11 and that becomes your life. I just wanted to be good in my company in Charleston and I wanted it to always be part of my life.

  Jennifer Garner

  New York, Moving, Ballerina

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• Some people say it might be good for your career to die and then come back again. I have died many ways, car crashes, motorcycle crashes, etc. But, I am still alive.

  Mark-Paul Gosselaar

  Careers, People, Motorcycle

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• A fantastic actor in a scene that's just closed off will be good. But when working with a director who knows little tricks - correct music, slowly pushing in - that stunning performance will somehow become even better. I've always seen it as a symbiotic relationship.

  Matthew Gray Gubler

  Directors, Actors, Littles

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

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• If you're only making an album every 10 years, it better be good.

  Sade Adu

  Years, Albums, Ifs

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• I knew 'Like Crazy' would be good, I just knew it, and that's why I fought so hard to be on it.

  Charlie Bewley

  Crazy, Would Be, Hard

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• When you finish a series like 'Ugly Betty,' there are so many voices around you telling you what you should be doing next and what would be good for your future, sometimes you can't hear yourself. I've gotten pretty good at tuning everyone else out. Now it's just me; what pleases me creatively.

  America Ferrera

  Please Me, Voice, Tuning

  "This much I know: America Ferrera" by Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. November 5, 2011.

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• All will concede that in order to have good neighbors, we must also be good neighbors. That applies in every field of human endeavor.

  Harry S. Truman

  Order, Fields, Neighbor

  United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1961). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”

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• In forty-five minutes, it'll all be done. We'll all be good and crispy, but we'll still be number one.

  Don Henley

  Peace, Numbers, Special

  Song: Them and Us, Album: I Can't Stand Still

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