Good Friend Quotes - Page 17

• Life was reduced to its four basic elements: air, food, drink, and a good friend.

  Sue Grafton

  Air, Elements, Four

  Sue Grafton (2010). “P is for Peril”, p.197, Pan Macmillan

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• I have a theory that as long as you have one good friend, one real friend, you can get through anything.

  Dana Reinhardt

  Real, Long, Theory

  Dana Reinhardt (2009). “How to Build a House”, p.95, Wendy Lamb Books

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• Dog becomes a good friend with man whether the man himself is good or not!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Dog, Men, He Man

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• 've had good friends who got married after they've been together for years and they've said that it was the "next step" for them. Or, they've said, "You just can't bail out anymore." And I've wondered, What made you think you could just bail out before [the wedding]? You don't invest that kind of time and energy with somebody and then just go, "All right, see you later."

  Charlize Theron

  Thinking, Years, Together

  Source: www.glamour.com

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• You get so much more out of life by being supportive and having loving friends who are there for you. Good friendships can make your heart light; it can make you feel giddy; it can make you feel like when you fall in love.

  Poppy Delevingne

  Falling In Love, Heart, Light

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• I've always wanted to do a segment on a talk show. Jay Leno has been such a good friend, and if he would allow me, I'd have to get it all together, but I'd like to go on 'The Tonight Show' and do a set with no props. Or come out with a trunk and never touch it. Or come out with a clear trunk with nothing in it.

  Carrot Top

  Together, Tonight, Goes On

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• I've seen a lot in my life, and everybody goes down the dark, winding staircase eventually. It's a bad place to be and that's why having good friends is always essential. Those are the people who pull you out.

  Daniel Craig

  Dark, People, Essentials

  "Daniel Craig on Bond, growing up and fading out in Hollywood". Interview with Joe Utichi, editorial.rottentomatoes.com. April 16, 2008.

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• If people envisage me in the Senate they might think of me as someone who would emulate Paul Wellstone, fighting for the issues he fought for. He was a good friend of mine. We'll be trying to do a couple of things. One is fighting for national health care. Another is fighting to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, and changing our trade policies.

  Bernie Sanders

  Couple, Fighting, Thinking

  Interview with Ruth Conniff, www.sharedhost.progressive.org. December 1, 2005.

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• At 19, your brain hasn't finished wiring itself. So the first time you have a good friend die, most people don't go through that at 19. Soldiers do. They're facing life in this accelerated, compressed form, and a lot of times, they're not ready for it.

  Sebastian Junger

  People, Soldier, Brain

  "Oscar Nominee Sebastian Junger Speaks About His Year in Deadliest Place on Earth". Interview With Joshua Kors, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 18, 2011.

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• My ex-husband happens to be one of the most gifted moviemakers. And what is so bizarre about working with someone like that? I guess it is bizarre to be good friends with your ex-husband.

  Ali MacGraw

  Husband, Bizarre, Be Good

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• I want to be a very good friend to Indonesia, but there are some things which are non-negotiable. Border protection is just non-negotiable. Maintaining a strong security network is just non-negotiable. I think the Indonesians understand that.

  Tony Abbott

  Strong, Thinking, Borders

  "Grattan on Friday: In Conversation with Tony Abbott". Interview with Michelle Grattan, theconversation.com. March 27, 2014.

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• John Dorschner, one of our staff writers here at Tropic magazine at The Miami Herald, who is a good friend of mine and an excellent journalist, but a raving liberal, wrote a story about a group that periodically pops up saying that they're going to start their own country or start their own planet or go back to their original planet, or whatever. They were going to "create a libertarian society" on a floating platform in the Caribbean somewhere. I know there's never going to be a country on a floating anything, but if they want to talk about it, that's great.

  Dave Barry

  Country, Groups, Floating

  ""All I Think Is That It's Stupid": An Interview with Dave Barry". Interview with Glenn Garvin, reason.com. December, 1994.

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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, Two, Rose

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• Having a really good partner, whether it's a good friend, someone in your family or a spouse, is always the greatest thing to have when you have a new challenge that you're facing.

  Anousheh Ansari

  Challenges, Partners, Spouse

  Source: www.ncwit.org

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• Looking at my life was very difficult. I think I learned that I haven't been as good a person as I'm inclined to think of myself as. I haven't been as good friend, haven't been as good a person, made a lot of mistakes.

  Marge Piercy

  Mistake, Thinking, Made

  "Fighting Words". Interview with Johnette Rodriguez, margepiercy.com. September 27, 2002.

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• My husband doesn't have to try to add to my comedy he just does being himself and saying & doing the things he does. We have a good friendship & I think couples can relate to our dynamic and sometimes out lack of dynamics too.

  Heather McDonald

  Couple, Husband, Thinking

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• I'm not good at keeping secrets. If I'm entrusted with a secret from a friend, I can do that because I'm a good friend, but I don't like having secrets, it makes me nervous.

  Julia Stiles

  Keeping Secrets, Nervous, Can Do

  Source: www.justjared.com

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• We're very good friends, we have a very honest relationship. He keeps me honest, I keep him honest. He's an incredible actor and when you have an actor like Denzel action becomes drama.

  Antoine Fuqua

  Drama, Actors, Honest

  "Antoine Fuqua Talks ‘Hardcore’ Action and Sequel Potential For ‘The Equalizer’". Interview with Rob Keyes, screenrant.com. June 20, 2014.

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• When I was in college, I was in the theater department, which for anyone who has been involved in any kind of theater program, you know that it's really wacky and tight-knit, a real family. Me and my good friends from college would do random shows and plays that were sometimes serious, but most of the time really goofy and funny.

  Darren Criss

  Real, College, Play

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• Many people say, "When I get a million dollars, then I'll be happy because I'll have security," but that's not necessarily so. Most people who acquire a million dollars want another and then another. Or they could be like a good friend of mine who made and lost every dime of a million dollars. It didn't bother him a bit. He wasn't excited about it, but he explained to me, "Zig, I still know everything necessary to make another million dollars, and I've learned what to do not to lost it. I'll simply go back to work and earn it again.

  Zig Ziglar

  People, Dollars, Dimes

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• I watched the Star Wars trilogy with some good friends of mine for the first time in a few years, I read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies-one of those first mashup books-and then I went to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with my family.

  Ian Doescher

  Stars, War, Book

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• The puppet characters were combinations of people I had known and to some degree aspects of my own personality. Weird was based on someone I knew in Chicago. Dirty Dragon was based on a good friend I had in Indianapolis.

  William Jackson

  Dirty, Character, Dragons

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• AND THEN SOME... these three little words are the secret to success. People that follow this are thoughtful of others; considerate and kind...and then some. They are good friends and neighbors...and then some. I am thankful for people like this, for they make the world a better place. Their spirit of service is summed up in these three little words...AND THEN SOME.

  Carl Holmes

  Thoughtful, People, Secret

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• That was our first major tour and we got a chance to play in front of like 5000 people every day so it was like a Rock and Roll boot camp for us really, we learned a lot and made a lot of good friends.

  Adam Rich

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Play

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• The craziest thing I've ever done to get a guy's attention? I admit I stalked someone. I showed up at a restaurant where I knew the guy worked, and we were actually good friends and had lost touch, and I pretended that I didn't know he worked there.

  Rachel McAdams

  Guy, Attention, Done

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