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Better Quotes
On growth, progress and making things better.
These quotes range from finishing a piece of writing that finally feels worth sharing to teamwork producing stronger results than working alone, with a side note on technology's uneven effect on security. For more, see our Growth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that my grown kids like to hang out with me, I mean, it just - I don't think it really can get any better than that, I don't think.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's not really the job of a public servant to inspire, but to get the job that the people demand done. The Democrats think that if they have hope and are inspired, things will get better, but they actually won't.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started modeling, I was definitely heavier. I was quite voluptuous in fact. I had a real baby face and baby fat. But I was a baby! I was told I had to get into better shape, but I'm quite stubborn so I didn't.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I just have this need to be a storyteller. That's why I wasn't a great dancer - I couldn't articulate a story. I was a better choreographer. I have the need to to just express myself in that way. I can't explain it.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
The days of languorous shore leave are long gone. Overnight stays are unheard of and sailor towns a distant memory. In better ports, seafarers head for a seamen's mission.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Your mind is just like your body. It's a muscle you can train and get better at.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Early diagnosis is so important because the earlier a mental illness can be detected, diagnosed and treatment can begin, the better off that person can be for the rest of his or her life.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Show me a better man. Name one and I am answered; but do not point, as a disqualification, to the very facts which make this man fit beyond all others.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
It wasn't until I got out of the Army and I heard Coltrane's record 'Coltrane,' when he was doing 'Inch Worm' and 'Out of This World,' that I thought, 'Oh my God, you can do that?' And then I thought, 'OK, I better go back and listen to Eric Dolphy a bit.' And then I said, 'Hmm, I better pull out these Ornette Coleman records.'
- Picture
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- Nov 07, 2020
A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more.
- Negative
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's better to play negative lead roles than portray just any other character on the show.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and I found that's the way that works for me. The more energy you have on set, the better you'll be; it's all about being alive in that moment and listening.
- Better Writer
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, you're a better writer at 31 then you are at 19. Hopefully, you're also a better human being and better at describing reality.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020