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• I'm not very good with drink recipes. If I'm entertaining, I like to come up with a house drink for the evening, one thing I'll make for the whole evening of the whole month.

  Amy Sedaris

  House, Recipes, Months

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I had very good dentures once. Some magnificent gold work. It's the only form of jewelry a man can wear that women fully appreciate.

  Graham Greene

  Men, Dental Work, Appreciate

  Graham Greene (1980). “Travels with my aunt”

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• Mr. Greenspan did a very good job in the early 1990's. But recently he's fallen prey to this crazy theory that prosperity causes inflation. So they're trying to slow the economy down by raising interest rates. It's like a doctor saying you're in great health, so we have to make you sick a little bit. It's a bizarre theory. It's going to hurt our economy.

  Steve Forbes

  Hurt, Jobs, Crazy

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• Trees are very good friends. Firm friends. My five year olds tree could be relied upon to be there next day, uncritical and protective. And think of trees contribution to our lives. They provide boats, buildings, paper, furniture and, for clog-wearers, footwear. As well as contributing toothpicks and chopsticks they give little birdies somewhere comfy to sit. Best of all, they help produce breathable air and lock up that naughty carbon. Why is why I am talking to the Greens about giving trees the vote.

  Phillip Adams

  Good Friend, Naughty, Thinking

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• Gamesters and highwaymen are generally very good to their whores, but they are very devils to their wives.

  John Gay

  Wife, Devil, Highwaymen

  John Gay (1772). “Plays Written by Mr. John Gay: Viz. The Captives, ... The Beggar's Opera. Polly, ... Achilles, ... The Distress'd Wife, ... The Rehearsal at Gotham, ... To which is Prefixed An Account of the Life and Writings of the Author”, p.79

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• Its a very good feeling to be around a man who thinks women are juicy.

  Lee Grant

  Men, Thinking, Feelings

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• As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the umpire's job. That doesn't mean they are better managers. It just means that I perceive today's managers a bit differently.

  Jim Evans

  Jobs, Communication, Mean

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• If we're stuck with having expectations, there's a very good reason to embrace positive ones: it's that we often create what we anticipate.

  Martha Beck

  Expectations, Reason, Embrace

  "'Tis the season to be jolly. Honest!" by Martha Beck, www.cnn.com. December 7, 2007.

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• And they're also very good at math, these super boogers, and so they teach Billy the ways of mathematics.

  William Joyce

  Math, Way, Boogers

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• Industry is not only the instrument of improvement, but the foundation of pleasure. He who is a stranger to it may possess, but cannot enjoy, for it is labor only which gives relish to pleasure. It is the indispensable condition of possessing a sound mind in a sound body, and it is the appointed vehicle of every good to man.

  Robert Blair

  Men, Giving, Mind

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• What would you do if you knew that every good thing in your life depended on your getting enough rest? Because it does.

  Martha Beck

  Doe, Enough, Good Things

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• Antidepressants are very good, but it's a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocked out, just to stop; when you're in that state all you want to do is just sleep, and rest your body and your brain.

  Adam Ant

  Sleep, Brain, Body

  "Adam Ant: 'To be a pop star you need sex, subversion, style and humour'" by Decca Aitkenhead, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2012.

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• If 'Black Balloon' had come out before 'The Mummy,' casting agents wouldn't have been able to see me for the first time in 'The Mummy.' But now that 'The Mummy' has come out before 'The Black Balloon,' that's a very good combination.

  Luke Ford

  Black, Firsts, Balloons

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• The only criticism heard with any frequency of Elton John's first American album, 'Elton John,' was that the production was too grandiose. The melodies were superb, and lyrics frequently very good, and the performances flawless.

  Jon Landau

  Criticism, Albums, Flawless

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• There is a very good chance I could have been a screw-up for the rest of my life.

  Brandon Thomas

  Screw Ups, Chance, Screws

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• Frank went out for baseball and while he wasn't very good, it wasn't a total loss. The coach used him as a pattern to drawn the on-deck circle.

  Pat Williams

  Baseball, Loss, Circles

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• Every good historian is almost by definition a revisionist. He looks at the accepted view of a particular historic episode or period with a very critical eye.

  Paul Johnson

  Eye, Views, History

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• What if you're practicing wrong? Then you get very good at doing something wrong.

  George Leonard

  What If, Ifs

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• I'm very, very family oriented. I'm a big cook and a good connoisseur and I only drink very good red wines now.

  Michael Caine

  Wine, Red, Drink

  "Q & A: Oscar-Winning Michael Caine Asks “Is Anybody There?”". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 24, 2009.

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• I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.

  Jeremy Renner

  Faces, Compliment

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• I do a lot of dancing. I don't like to run much because I get shin splints. I love being outside so I do a lot of hiking. It's very good for toning. I also do lots of light weights.

  Julianne Hough

  Running, Love Is, Light

  "Footloose - Julianne Hough interview". Interview, www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• There wasn't very much time between wrapping Revolutionary Road and starting The Reader. It was about five and a half months, which, for me, isn't that long. Some actors are very good at just going from one thing to another but I've always been a bit useless at that. The preparation time is important for me.

  Kate Winslet

  Long, Preparation, Important

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• But it's interesting being directed by someone who is a very good actor. There's nothing like it. It might sound like a territorial thing about what I do, but I don't think you can understand what it is until you've done it. I know that to be a fact.

  Colin Firth

  Thinking, Interesting, Sound

  "St Trinian's - Colin Firth interview". www.indielondon.co.uk.

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• But actually my dad is a very talented director and not just his use of shots and camera, but he's very good with actors and he knows acting well. It's great to see him do that and be really good at it and he's been doing it for a while and he certainly knows how to make movies, and little movies I guess for a television show, and he's going to come back in November to direct a second episode, which I'm really excited about.

  Emily Deschanel

  Dad, Acting, Actors

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• There is an access to... people can now afford very high quality technology, where you can have a very good reproduction of a large picture on a large screen at home. People go out less. There's all kinds of reasons. I don't know that it's going to stay that way but, I think also, we've got to start making better movies.

  Ridley Scott

  Home, Thinking, Technology

  "EXCLUSIVE: Setting the Period With Tristan + Isolde Executive Producer Ridley Scott". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. May 2, 2006.

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