Be Good Quotes - Page 27

• We're in a strange situation where people either don't read at all or they read a lot. There's a huge gap in between. That's something that would be good to bridge so it doesn't have to be one thing or the other. Books could be part of life in a more relaxed way. I'd like to see that.

  Jeanette Winterson

  Book, Bridges, People

  Source: americanlibrariesmagazine.org

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• To be so superfocused and honed in on one thing can be good because then you get what you're supposed to get done, done but you also miss out on other things. I could have spent more time with my family, and a million other little things.

  Joan Jett

  Missing, Done, Littles

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• I was scared into being good. But I'm sure I did regular kid stuff.

  Larry the Cable Guy

  Kids, Stuff, Scared

  Source: smashinginterviews.com

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• In marriage, if you're a guy, learn two phrases. One is "yes, dear" and the other is "honey, you're right." Be patient. Be good friends first. And stick together. You gotta work at it. It's not all a honeymoon, it's not all flowers and roses, but if you're friends and partners and committed, you'll be okay. And everybody's got advice for you - don't listen.

  Denzel Washington

  Flower, Good Friend, Two

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• There are a lot of wonderful women writers who would be good influences on writers. You've got to spread yourself out and educate yourself with all kinds of stories.

  Ray Bradbury

  Would Be, Stories, Kind

  Ray Bradbury, Steven L. Aggelis (2004). “Conversations with Ray Bradbury”, p.181, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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• A man who does not know how to be angry, does not know how to be good. Now and then a man should be shaken to the core with indignation over things evil.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Anger, Men, Evil

  Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”

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• Whatever I do might be good, it might be bad, it might be all sorts of things, but it's not mediocre.

  Terry Gilliam

  Might, Mediocre

  "Terry Gilliam’s Three-Reel Circus". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. December 16, 2009.

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• I live near a remedial school. There is a sign that says, slow... children. That can't be good for their self esteem. But look of course on the positive side, they can't read it.

  Jimmy Carr

  Funny, Children, Self Esteem

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• Every time I get scared or feel like I'm not going to be good enough at something, I say that mantra to myself. "Pretend you're good at it."

  Jenny Lawson

  Scared, Good Enough, Feels

  "Sassy Bloggess Jenny Lawson Mandates Cheesecake for Everyone...and for You to Read Her (Mostly True) Memoir, Out Today". Interview with Meredith Turits, www.glamour.com. April 17, 2012.

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• The experience you have making the movie is all you have; when the movie's finished, that's for other people. But while you're doing it, that's your time on the planet, so you want it to be good.

  Cary Elwes

  People, Want, Planets

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I love people and want to be good to people. If I'm in restaurant and somebody doesn't treat a waitress right, I literally will leave. I will unfriend you. You are not my friend anymore.

  Kristen Stewart

  People, Want, Waitress

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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• My mom's been having a hard time lately. She just found out that she has to have both of her breasts removed - if she's ever going to be good at golf.

  Anthony Jeselnik

  Funny, Mom, Humor

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• These all sounded really bad, but they turned out to be good. If they had sounded really good, there would have been too many people working on them.

  Sam Altman

  People, Has Beens, Ifs

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• What's good for the United States is good for the New York Stock Exchange. But what's good for the New York Stock Exchange might not be good for the United States.

  William McChesney Martin

  New York, United States, Might

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• Would thou confound thy enemy, be good thyself.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Enemy, Thyself

  Benjamin Franklin (1945). “A Benjamin Franklin Reader”

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• I don't have to be good because they think I'm going to be good.

  Richard P. Feynman

  Thinking

  Richard P. Feynman (2005). “The Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman”, p.15, Hachette UK

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• I like the idea of baking. I'd like to be good at it. But I feel like I'm young and one day I can be.

  Thu Tran

  Ideas, One Day, Baking

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Women are far more likely to follow orders to evacuate, especially women with children. At the same time, women were much more likely to die during the South Asian tsunami. In some villages it was 3 to 1. And that was party because of the average strength it takes to hold onto something. Also it was cultural; women were less likely to know how to swim, as were children. So much of this is based on how we develop our own survival skills before something goes wrong: Even if nothing goes wrong, it might be good to know how to swim.

  Amanda Ripley

  Children, Party, Average

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• You could reduce people's fears if you gave them some useful information before things went wrong. It's really important to create a sense of confidence in the public in their own abilities before a disaster because they're the only ones who are going to be there. No one's going to help you for at least 24 to 72 hours. So it would be good to know more about it.

  Amanda Ripley

  People, Important, Information

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I don't see that as being good for America - that the country pits parents against everybody else.

  Amelia Warren Tyagi

  Country, America, Parent

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Anyone living, especially your peers, is a threat. You're judging them, they're judging you. This sort of criticism is as close to human nature as you can get. That can be a good thing sometimes. Jealously, rancor, competition, those can be good things in art. But it mostly puts you in a dangerous and disadvantageous position, and one that just takes away from you so much.

  Raymond Pettibon

  Art, Judging, Competition

  Source: www.believermag.com

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• When I found music I thought, that's what I want to do, but the idea of it being a job never crossed my mind. I just wanted to be good enough to pick up a guitar at a party, or if I saw a girl I liked, to work up the courage to play a song.

  Caleb Followill

  Girl, Song, Jobs

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• Hillary Clinton has a $350 billion plan that she says will make college more affordable. Which has to be better than my parents' plan to make college affordable: 'Be good at sports.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Sports, College, Parent

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• I'll write whatever I damn please, whenever I damn please and as I damn please and it'll be good if the authentic spirit of change is on it.

  William Carlos Williams

  Writing, Spirit, Damn

  William Carlos Williams (1971). “Imaginations”, p.13, New Directions Publishing

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• Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.

  Rebecca Pidgeon

  Friendly, Kind, Receptionists

  "Huff Post Exclusive Music Download" by Rebecca Pidgeon, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 10, 2005.

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