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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
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
Literary novelists who have a strong handle on plot are often characterized as good vacation reads because they manage to transport you elsewhere, away from the petty facts of ordinary life.
- Close Attention
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good novelist pays attention to his characters. A good biographer pays attention to the documents before her. A good critic pays close attention to the thing she's brought to evaluate.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.
- Doing Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.
- Codes
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies. In some of the silent movies - the good ones, the ones done by the best directors - the acting is very, very natural.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
I tend to think that good and evil exist and that the quantity in each of us is unchangeable. The moral character of people is set, fixed until death.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I want to continue to do a good job for my constituents, my party doesn't want me to resign.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020