- Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good Quotes
Quotes on what it means to be good.
This page rounds up quotes using 'good' in different senses - the simplicity behind good mathematical solutions, the self-importance that can come with good intellectual work, and a wry line about baseball being kinder after retirement. Related pages include Good Luck Quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I abhor the words 'classical music.' Few things satisfy me more than a really good cover version.
- Discrepancy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination by his lack of unity, and even the good in him is hardly accepted.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing I am certain of is that, if I have done anything good in music, it was, first, because of my father, and second, because of my wife.
- Detailing
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at Gothic detailing right down to the bottom of a column or the capital of a column, it's a small version of the whole building; that's why, like dating the backbones of a dinosaur, a good historian can look at a detail of a Gothic building and tell you exactly what the rest of the building was, and infer the whole from the parts.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My health is good and it's up to me to keep it that way.
- Leadership
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good political leadership for me involves getting the big decisions right - however difficult, however controversial, however potentially divisive - and then being able to take people with you.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I'm a slow writer. For me, a good day is a page, maybe a page and a half. I'd love to be more efficient, but I am not.
- Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Good acting is thinking in front of the camera. I just do that and apply a sense of humor to it. You have to trust the audience to get it.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I enjoy comedic things. People don't understand it's the hardest thing to do. We have a ratio of 25-to-1 between good dramatic actors and people who are considered good comic actors.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's good to have mysteries. It reminds us that there's more to the world than just making do and having a bit of fun.
- Friendship
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- Nov 07, 2020