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• Nobody wanted me. I just kept writing books and learning my craft. Most writers aren't very good in the beginning.

  Phyllis A. Whitney

  Perseverance, Book, Writing

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• If you get hungry mid-day, a banana is the best snack at your desk, after a workout, or in between classes. Fruit is a very good snack in general.

  Marcus Samuelsson

  Workout, Snacks, Class

  "Healthy Foods on a Budget" by Marcus Samuelsson, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 4, 2012.

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• I'm not a very good impersonator, my friends maybe, but not famous people.

  Diane Kruger

  Inspiration, Humor, People

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• I don't believe in awards. It's very good for the ego, I suppose.

  Eva Green

  Believe, Awards, Ego

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Holidays are also an opportunity for kids to unlearn every good habit they've learned during the rest of the year. They don't go to school. They get to stay up past their bedtime. They get candy and presents for doing nothing. Childhood utopia.

  Jim Gaffigan

  School, Holiday, Kids

  Jim Gaffigan (2013). “Dad Is Fat”, p.222, Crown Archetype

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• I want to become a very good writer.

  Kellie Martin

  Want, Good Writers

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• It is a very good world for the purposes for which it was built; and that is all anything is good for.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Purpose, World, Built

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.20

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• There is an established tradition of actors directing films that have a particular, personal meaning for them - Warren Beatty, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, and most recently George Clooney to name a few. Remarkably, their films share an unusually high percentage of being very good.

  Steven Van Zandt

  Names, Actors, Kevin

  "The Best Movie of the Year" by Steven Van Zandt, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 16, 2012.

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• I'm a very good packer, but I probably take too much in the way of toiletries. You only really need a toothbrush, as most places you go to have a bar of soap and some shampoo.

  Laurence Fox

  Needs, Bars, Places You Go

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• I'm useless scrabbling around at home. I get on everyone's nerves, including my own. I'm not very good at amusing myself.

  Laurence Fox

  Home, Nerves, Useless

  "Laurence Fox: 'I knew Billie was the one for me...'". Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. May 2, 2010.

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• I'm very good at delegating - people work much better when they have a real sense of responsibility. But at the same time, I don't like surprises. I don't pore over every shoot, but I do like to be aware at all times of what's going on.

  Anna Wintour

  Real, Responsibility, People

  "The Teen Vogue Handbook: Anna Wintour". Anna Wintour Interview, www.teenvogue.com. October 4, 2009.

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• I had a very good job in corporate America, but I quickly knew that was not how I was wired.

  Bill Rancic

  Jobs, America, Good Job

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• I'm all alone. There has been no man in my life for several months now and although it would be nice to have a boyfriend, I can't just settle for anybody. The fact is I'm choosy, but mainly about a man's character. He has to be interesting, funny and clever. I don't even mind if he's not very good-looking.

  Agyness Deyn

  Clever, Nice, Character

  "Agyness Deyn and Giovanni Ribisi Are Married After Just Months of Dating!" by Kim Fusaro, www.glamour.com. June 21, 2012.

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• My approach to parenting is that everything is open - everything. I'm not very good at covert, or subtle, and I've had to learn timing. I do blunder in a bit.

  Dawn French

  Timing, Subtle, Blunders

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• My father wasn't a very good lawyer. He thought the law was sacred and something that was meant to help people. He didn't charge people like he should have... which is why I was allowed to play bars and strip joints when I was 14.

  Max Weinberg

  Father, Should Have, Law

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• An invitation to be a bridesmaid is an honor which cannot be declined without some very good reason. Our idea of one of the better reasons is the impending arrival of a little stranger. ... any lady in this interesting condition should have the grace to refuse. We know that symbols of fertility are appropriate to the marriage ceremony, but they needn't be quite so obviously borne in on the congregation.

  Alice-Leone Moats

  Should Have, Ideas, Interesting

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• Every good thing you do changes the balance in the universe.

  Karen Kijewski

  Balance, Goodness, Good Things

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• Even enlightened despots don't make very good teachers.

  Marilyn Wallace

  Teacher, Enlightened, Despots

  Marilyn Wallace (1992). “So Shall You Reap”, Bantam Dell Publishing Group

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• I want to deal with what's in front of me now to the best of my abilities, and sometimes that's not very good. But a lot of the days it is really great.

  Ringo Starr

  Want, Sometimes, Ability

  "Meet the Beatle: Russell Brand Interviews Ringo Starr in L.A". Interview with Russell Brand, www.rollingstone.com. January 31, 2012.

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• I'm actually not a very good driver, to be honest with you. I'm a scatterbrain driver. I'm not very focused. I'm always trying to find the right music station or put on a new CD or trying to eat something.

  Lauren Lee Smith

  Cds, Always Trying, Honest

  "The fruit of Lauren Lee Smith's labour". Interview with Petrina Gentile, www.theglobeandmail.com. April 13, 2011.

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• My history's not very good, but did David win?

  Andy Gray

  Winning

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• There are some very good people in television, but a lot of fools running it.

  Philip Glenister

  Running, People, Television

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

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• The best way to get rid of the Devil, if you cannot kill it with the words of Holy Scripture, is to rail at and mock him. Music, too, is very good; music is hateful to him, and drives him far away.

  Martin Luther

  Religious, Humor, Devil

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• Economic freedom is very important for women empowerment. They must be partners in economic development also. I have seen that women are very good at adapting to latest technology. We should link women and technology up-gradation.

  Narendra Modi

  Technology, Empowerment, Important

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• I don't plan. I don't think, 'I have to do this kind of part 'cause I've done that kind of part.' I'm not a very good planner.

  Rupert Graves

  Thinking, Done, Causes

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

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