Good Enough Quotes - Page 24

• The photograph isn't good enough. It's not real enough.

  David Hockney

  Real, Enough, Photograph

  "Sunlight, beaches and boys" by Edmund White, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2006.

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• I still don't know if I'm good enough or if it's a calling or a vocation or something, but the talent part is out. My desire to do it is undoubted. I just love doing this.

  Chris Isaak

  Desire, Calling, Talent

  "Musician Chris Isaak". "The Tavis Smiley show", www.pbs.org. November 15, 2011.

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• There's too much darkness in the world. Everywhere you turn, someone is tryin' to tear someone down in some way; everywhere you go, there's a feeling of inadequacy, or a feeling that you're not good enough. I want to bring a certain light to the world.

  Alicia Keys

  Light, Not Good Enough, Feelings

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• I had a period where I thought I might not be good enough to publish.

  Stephen King

  Might, Periods, Be Good

  "The Stephen King interview, uncut and unpublished". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. September 14, 2000.

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• Every opportunity that comes your way, you can't take lightly. You have to take it very, very seriously, because the opportunities are limited. If you want to keep working, you can't be such an elitist, to say no, that's not good enough, not big enough, not smart enough, whatever.

  Chris Klein

  Smart, Opportunity, Not Good Enough

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• A book comes and says, 'Write me.' My job is to try to serve it to the best of my ability, which is never good enough, but all I can do is listen to it, do what it tells me and collaborate.

  Madeleine L'Engle

  Teamwork, Jobs, Book

  "Please Welcome...Sharon Hinck". www.wherethemapends.com. October, 2007.

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• All I can tell you really is if you get to the point where someone is telling you that you are not great or not good enough, just follow your heart and don't let anybody crush your dream.

  Patti LaBelle

  Crush, Dream, Heart

  FaceBook post by Patti LaBelle from Jan 02, 2013

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• I'm not the fastest writer. I can't just crank out ideas that are good enough.

  Amy Lee

  Ideas, Crank, I Can

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• I don't know whether machine translation will eventually get good enough to allow us to browse people's websites in different languages so you can see how they live in different countries.

  Tim Berners-Lee

  Country, People, Different

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• Dodi got a lot of criticism when he began dating Princess Diana. No one seemed to think he was good enough for her.

  Lorna Luft

  Princess, Thinking, Dating

  Lorna Luft (2015). “Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir”, p.304, Simon and Schuster

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• I feel a kinship with anyone who feels that their road, their life or who they really are is not good enough. I really relate to that.

  Baz Luhrmann

  Not Good Enough, Feels, Kinship

  "In the Director’s Chair: Baz Luhrmann". Interview with Jarett Wieselman, pagesix.com. December 6, 2010.

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• I'm no good at anything but comedy, which I think I'm good at. I'm absolutely no good at networking; I'm terrible at acting; I'm terrible at dealing with executives; I'm terrible at collaborating. And I say whatever I want to say. But I think I'm good enough at comedy that I can survive. And I don't really have an ambition for money.

  Norm MacDonald

  Ambition, Thinking, Acting

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• When I finish a picture I don't show it to anyone if I feel it's not good enough yet. I've learnt to listen to my partners and my friends. For me it's the biggest success if they like it.

  Marilyn Manson

  Not Good Enough, Partners, Shows

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• It's salt. Why don't you sprinkle some on me, honey? Aren't I just good enough to eat?

  Grant Morrison

  Sprinkles, Honey, Salt

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• The longer I live, Dorian, the more keenly I feel that whatever was good enough for our fathers is not good enough for us. In art, as in politics, les grand-pères ont toujours tort.

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Father, Not Good Enough

  Oscar Wilde (2015). “The Picture of Dorian Gray (with an Essay by Jules Barbey D'Aurevilly)”, p.32, Mondial

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• Eric understands that the world is rarelythe way it is supposed to be. And he knows that, given the chance, we don't have to wait for someone to make messes of our lives. We do a good enough job, ourselves.

  Jodi Picoult

  Jobs, Waiting, World

  Jodi Picoult (2007). “Vanishing acts”, p.414, Simon and Schuster

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• I'd worried that letting her get too close would break me. Unfortunately, I'd worried about that a little too late. Because I was broken. The Cage I was before Eva no longer existed. As much as I didn't want to admit it, I'd fallen in love with her. I'd allowed someone in and she hadn't want me. I hadn't been good enough. I never was.

  Abbi Glines

  Broken, Too Late, Want

  Abbi Glines (2016). “Sea Breeze Volume 1: Breathe; Because of Low; While It Lasts”, p.612, Simon and Schuster

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• When dreams come true in reality they never feel the same as when you imagine them, and you know what that means? It means that no matter how good things are, maybe they’ll never be good enough, and there’s something seriously wrong with that.

  Tiffanie DeBartolo

  Dream, Mean, Reality

  Tiffanie DeBartolo (2005). “How to Kill a Rock Star”, p.124, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot in front of the other, the voices of fear and shame, the messages from those who wanted me to believe that I wasn't good enough, would be stilled.

  Chris Gardner

  Believe, Moving, Voice

  Chris Gardner (2009). “The Pursuit of Happyness”, p.6, Harper Collins

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• Well, I don’t know. Mostly I just suck up what life throws my way, stomp on it, and then keep going. I don’t dwell much on what I am or how I got this way. It just is. I just am. I’m Max, and whatever form I take, it’s good enough for me.

  James Patterson

  Max, Way, Form

  James Patterson (2010). “Maximum Ride: Fang: Dystopian Science Fiction”, p.124, Random House

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• You are not wrong. You fought to protect your world. Isn't that good enough? After all, justice in this world is just a bunch of principles made by those with power to suit themselves. No one really thinks of others, you will lose everything if you cannot keep up. Only two kinds of people exist in this world—those who steal and those who are stolen from. So then, today, I just stole your future. That's all.

  Yana Toboso

  Thinking, Two, People

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• I wanted so much to keep you safe. I did my best. I'm sorry things didn't come out different for the two of us. I wish I could have been good enough for you.

  Juliet Marillier

  Sorry, Two, Wish

  Juliet Marillier (2008). “Child of the Prophecy: A Sevenwaters Novel 3”, p.249, Pan Australia

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• I've always been happy with you," he said. "But I never thought I deserved it." "And now you do?" "And now the feeling's gone," he said. "All I know is that I love you and for the first time, that's good enough.

  Cassandra Clare

  Love You, Feelings, Gone

  Cassandra Clare (2014). “City of Lost Souls”, p.384, Simon and Schuster

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• If I am good enough and quiet enough, perhaps after all they will let me go; but it’s not easy being quiet and good, it’s like hanging on to the edge of a bridge when you’ve already fallen over; you don’t seem to be moving, just dangling there, and yet it is taking all your strength.

  Margaret Atwood

  Moving, Bridges, Over You

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• Katsa hugged her for a long time, and Bitterblue understood that this was always how it would be. Katsa would come and then Katsa would go. But the hug was real, and lasting, even though it would end. The coming was as real as the going, and the coming would always be a promise. It would have to be good enough.

  Kristin Cashore

  Real, Long, Hug

  Kristin Cashore (2012). “Bitterblue”, p.337, Penguin

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