Better Life Quotes - Page 5

• You said you knew the perfect place to run to. A place that was empty of people, and buildings, and far, far away. A place covered in blood-red earth and sleeping life. A place longing to come alive again. It's a place for disappearing, you'd said, a place for getting lost... and for getting found. I'll take you there, you'd said. And I could say that I agreed.

  Lucy Christopher

  Running, Sleep, Blood

  Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.253, Scholastic Inc.

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• America is no place for an artist: to be an artist is to be a moral leper, an economic misfit, a social liability. A corn-fed hog enjoys a better life than a creative writer, painter or musician. To be a rabbit is better still.

  Henry Miller

  Writing, Artist, America

  Henry Miller (1970). “The Air-Conditioned Nightmare”, p.16, New Directions Publishing

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• Vanity, in a fairy tale, will make you evil. Vanity in the real world will drive you nuts. Vanity makes you say things like “I deserved a better life than this.

  Richard Siken

  Real, Vanity, Nuts

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• If there's one thing I know, it's this - everybody thinks somebody else is having a better life.

  Arabella Weir

  Thinking, Knows, One Thing

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• [Learn] to slow down and perceive the mysterious events and opportunities that happen in life. We call them coincidences, but if we look closely we see they are meaningful. They bring us just the right information at just the right time to extend our careers, relationships, and growth. These events feel destined in some way, as though the world is set up to help us make a better life, work through our problems, and reach our dreams - if we just pay attention.

  James Redfield

  Meaningful, Dream, Opportunity

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• All the bullets and all the bombs that explode all over the world won't leave the impact, when all is said and done, of a dollar bill dropped in the Jimmy Fund pot by a warm heart and a willing hand. You should be proud and happy to know that your contribution will someday help some kid to a better life.

  Ted Williams

  Heart, Kids, Impact

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• I don't even blame pseudo-refugees for trying to have a better life in Holland. I blame our government for allowing it to happen; for not saying 'enough is enough you are not a refugee', we have to defend our own country and close our borders.

  Geert Wilders

  Country, Government, Trying

  Source: www1.cbn.com

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• There are people in Iran who have the same aspirations as people all around the world for a better life.

  Barack Obama

  Iran, People, World

  Source: genius.com

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• I think it is possible for the world to see a Palestinian state - I'm not going to put a time frame on it - that is contiguous, that allows freedom of movement for its people, that allows for trade with other countries, that allows the creation of businesses and commerce so that people have a better life.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Thinking, People

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• People are trying to build a society where they can talk across the aisle so to speak, and have civil discourse. At the same time we're trying to inform ourselves about what's really true so that we can make evidence based decisions that is better than superstition or rumor. But the fact is that people who use evidence based decision making have much better life outcomes, greater life satisfaction, they live longer, they make better personal and medical decisions, better financial decisions. But parallel to that is you can't reason somebody out of a position they didn't reason themselves into.

  Daniel Levitin

  People, Decision, Rumor

  Source: www.psychologytoday.com

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• Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.

  Jimmy Carter

  Struggle, Should, Democrat

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• I want everybody to find meaning in whatever they do. That's the only purpose to life, actually. Let that meaning be so strong that you can't not wake up every day and be like, "Yep, this is what I gotta do, let's keep it moving" and not be disgruntled about it, and start using other people as excuses for why you're not creating a better life for yourself.

  Ryan Guzman

  Strong, Moving, People

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• Do you want to live a better life? Do you really want to have a normal, optimistic outlook on life every day? Don't watch CNN. Don't read the New York Times.

  Rush Limbaugh

  New York, Optimistic, Outlook On Life

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The majority of people who come to America come to America for a better life for their family.

  Marty Walsh

  America, People, Majority

  Source: www.mtv.com

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• Every day I wake up determined to deliver a better life for the people all across America that have been ignored, neglected and abandoned.

  Donald Trump

  America, People, Wake Up

  "Trump's Republican convention speech: what he said and what he meant" by David Smith, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2016.

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• That kind of unease, that melancholy, is of course partly my interpretation, but partly, I think, it's something that's really there [in America] as well. It resonates with this moment and the sort of alienation from the power structure a lot of people feel, as well as a certain amount of desperation, in the hope of disrupting the power structure so they can live better lives. I think in those ways, it's intimately connected to today.

  Peter van Agtmael

  Thinking, America, People

  "Donald Trump May Be on Your Television, But Here’s What America Really Looks Like". Interview with Mark Murrmann, www.motherjones.com. February 25, 2017.

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• Of course the lower classes have always felt downtrodden and aspired to a better life. But there is this theory that people respond to a class structure in England - there was a time when people knew who they were and knew whom they served and as long as management wasn't abusive, it was a good life for people.

  Damian Lewis

  Good Life, Class, Long

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• What we want for the Iranian people is control over their own government, which they don't have now. So you would do it through supplying resources and support from the outside to the indigenous people who are already quite unhappy. The mullahs have made hash of the economy since 1979, there's a huge amount of economic dissatisfaction. The young people, who are pretty well educated and sophisticated, know they could have a better life than this strict Islamic law.

  John Bolton

  Islamic, Law, Government

  Source: humanevents.com

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• The Peace Corps is an outstanding organization that promotes peace through helping countless individuals who want to help build a better life for the community in which they serve.

  Solomon Ortiz

  Organization, Community, Want

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• I even agree that the concept of god helps some people lead better lives. That does happen. Don't ever forget it. I just think there are better ways to help people lead better lives.

  Daniel Dennett

  Thinking, People, Religion

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• My father got a job at Bradford University in textiles. And he came for - I guess, you know, why do people immigrate? - like, for a better life to find, you know, a new world. And, you know, I think he always - he saw it as an opportunity. And so yeah so we came to this coal mining town in the north of England and that's where I grew up.

  Aasif Mandvi

  Jobs, Father, Opportunity

  "Aasif Mandvi On Life As A 'No Land's Man' And Impressing Jon Stewart". Interview with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 3, 2014.

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• Leave your fears; you will then have a better life!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life

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• You want a better life? Simplify your life! Throw all the complexities from your life!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Want, Simplify

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• Working hard, and being thoughtful, and generous, and smart; it's a path to a better life.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Suicide

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• What really happened in Vietnam was- all these things are away games for the American military. We're not on our home turf, which means to succeed there has to be a partner. And the definition of partnership is someone willing to risk their lives in their home area to prevail because they think it's necessary to build a decent life and a better life for their people.

  William J. Clinton

  Military, Home, Mean

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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