- Luck
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- Nov 07, 2020
Bad Quotes
Straight talk about the bad stretches.
These quotes cover a pitcher accepting that pain eventually comes with the job, a squad's uneasy feelings over uneven pay, and a nod to how poor choices tend to drive horror-film plots. For the flip side of tough moments, see Good.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I knew some people at my school who were squatters, and my younger brother was a squatter. I knew those guys: those were the people who said the Russians were the good guys and the Americans were bad. But I was the guy who went to the disco.
- Nov 07, 2020
When somebody says something bad about you, they feel bad about themselves in some way.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
As suburbs go, Bromley's not bad. But as David Bowie and Hanif Kureishi have observed, you do want to get out of there quickly.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I look for in any character, good or bad, is whether I can hear him speak. If I can imagine him that clearly, then I can write about him.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Having a decent share of the national wealth for the middle class is not bad for growth. It is actually useful both for equity and efficiency reasons.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most Americans have little idea of how far our nation's worldwide standing had fallen by the end of the Bush administration; no matter how bad you thought it had gotten, it was worse.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
We live in a permanent state of bad faith, a mutual representation of ourselves to one another for the sake of remaining sane and following our biological imperative to continue as a species.
- Leave
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- Nov 07, 2020
In boxing, if a fighter doesn't leave the sport on time, something bad is likely to happen.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't visit the bad neighborhoods, the bad neighborhoods are going to visit you.
- Nov 07, 2020
Bad excuses are worse than none.
- Nov 07, 2020