Be Good Quotes - Page 21

• The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect.

  Sharad Pawar

  Host, Tradition, Treats

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• I'm attracted to those kinds of roles that could be good or could be bad, and you just don't know.

  Jeremy Renner

  Roles, Kind, Knows

  "Jeremy Renner Talks Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, the Avengers, the Bourne Legacy, James Gray’s Low Life, and More". Press Day Interview, collider.com. December 13, 2011.

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• I'm not a masochistic reader. If something is just too dense or not enjoyable, even though I'm told it should be good for me, I'll put it down. That said, most of what I read would be considered high-end or good for you, I suppose. But, I also think that reading should be enjoyable.

  Josh Radnor

  Reading, Thinking, Would Be

  "Josh Radnor Talks Liberal Arts, Books as Entertainment Vs. Enrichment, How I Met Your Mother, Ending the Series and More". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. September 12, 2012.

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• There are a lot of smart honest, progressive people who I think can be good presidents.

  Bernie Sanders

  Smart, Thinking, People

  "Vermont Senator Wants Obama to Face Primary Challenger". www.foxnews.com. July 24, 2011.

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• I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!

  Gail Simmons

  Knowing, Meals, Good Things

  "Gail Simmons Dishes on Top Chef and More". Interview with Emily Hebert, www.elle.com. April 29, 2011.

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• A lot of people trash their subtle physical body with psychedelic drugs. While they do certainly give you experiences in altered levels of attention, you pay a price for it. They definitely screw up the subtle physical. Hatha Yoga can be good for that.

  Frederick Lenz

  Yoga, Buddhism, Giving

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• What makes 'The Wire' a beautiful story is how true to life it is. In other shows, you have a good guy and a bad guy. In 'The Wire,' bad guys are trying to be good, good guys are doing bad. You have real life. The people who do bad get bad things done to them.

  Tristan Wilds

  Beautiful, Real, People

  "Getting to the End of The Wire with Tristan Wilds". Interview with Jon Hein, www.tvguide.com. March 3, 2008.

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• I was a terrible high school student outside of the fact that I did well in physics, but there's a big difference between being good at physics and being a physicist, so I jettisoned that very quickly.

  Timothy Simons

  School, Differences, Facts

  "Jonah’s Arc". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 19, 2015.

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• If being good isn't working - try being outrageous.

  Mary Anne Radmacher

  Lonely, Trying, Good Times

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• This stupid celebrity thing is just a consequence of being good at what you do. I mean, no one would photograph David Beckham if he wasn't the best attacking midfielder in the country - much as I hate Man. U!

  Nick Moran

  Country, Stupid, Hate

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

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• I see any production of any nature being good for the development of the whole industry.

  Ann Macbeth

  Development, Whole, Industry

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• Fiscal responsibility and government reform are going to be good themes for governing, well at any time, but particularly coming out of a recovery.

  Bob McDonnell

  Recovery, Responsibility, Government

  "POLITICO's interview with Bob McDonnell". Interview with Andy Barr, www.politico.com. February 7, 2011.

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• Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.

  Robert Metcalfe

  Reality, Organization, Visionaries

  "The Visionary Thing". www.wired.com. November 01, 1999.

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• I like to call it nighttime brain: the way your mind seems to function on a different frequency than it does during daylight hours - which can be good or bad but also can lead to unexpected epiphanies or experiences that wouldn't be the same at any other time of day.

  Erin Morgenstern

  Brain, Mind, Doe

  "Magic Moments in Life" by Erin Morgenstern, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 19, 2012.

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• I would be good for maybe not the center square but an upper square on 'Hollywood Squares.'

  John Hodgman

  Squares, Would Be, Hollywood

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• It seems like when I first started, people got into comedy because they wanted to be good comedians.

  Wanda Sykes

  People, Comedian, Firsts

  Interview with Keith Phipps, www.avclub.com. October 20, 2004.

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• I'm not here to be good. I'm here to be great.

  Luke Rockhold

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• Put not your trust in new leaders, better systems, new organisations or regulatory reorganisation. They may well be good and necessary, but will to some degree fail.

  Justin Welby

  Leader, Degrees, Reorganisation

  "Pope Francis gives first Easter Sunday sermon as thousands gather in St Peter's Square" by Steve White, www.mirror.co.uk. March 31, 2013.

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• When I shoot actors, I have that dilemma. I want the actor to be good, and sometimes I have to push them to a place that isn't pleasant. I always think: 'Is it worth doing for the sake of the movie?' But I have to remember the bigger picture.

  Michel Gondry

  Thinking, Actors, Want

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• Therefore, I see whatever exists as good, death is to me like life, sin like holiness, wisdom like foolishness, everything has to be as it is, everything only requires my consent, only my willingness, my loving agreement, to be good for me, to do nothing but work for my benefit, to be unable to ever harm me.

  Hermann Hesse

  Agreement, Holiness, Benefits

  Hermann Hesse (2016). “Siddhartha (World Classics, Unabridged)”, p.67, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd

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• So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good.

  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

  Islamic, Decision, Honor

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• The bad guys are not typical, they are not just bad, they are interesting. They might be good or bad.

  Jan de Bont

  Interesting, Guy, Typical

  "Jan De Bont Discusses Tomb Raider 2". Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. March 12, 2003.

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• I'm not really a director for hire. You read these scripts and go, 'This is a really great script, but Paul Greengrass would make this so much better than me.' I usually say, 'I know who would be good for this. It's not me.

  Stephen Daldry

  Directors, Would Be, Scripts

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• Be good to others, but don't expect a lot of gratitude in this world. Remember that good deeds are seldom remembered and bad deeds are seldom forgotten.

  Ernie J Zelinski

  Inspirational, Gratitude, World

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• When the sun died, I went up to heaven and saw God and all the people who had died a long time ago. God told me to come back and tell my people they must be good and love one another, and not fight, or steal, or lie. He gave me this dance to give to my people.

  Wovoka

  Lying, Native American, Fighting

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