- American
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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
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
Knowing that more people associate Chicago with street violence than generosity is difficult for me because, despite all my proclamations of being from the Bay Area, I have spent much of my life in Chicago. So I have a deep love and a pretty good understanding of the city.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am too conscious of being an American to accept public congratulation with good grace or to welcome it except as an occasion for expressing openly a shame which many Americans feel, day after day, helplessly and in silence.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you don't change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
- Mistake
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- Nov 07, 2020
Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started composing when I was around 13, and back then, people used to say that I needed to be a composer or a performer, but I can't be good at both of them. I could never understand why anyone would say that. Jellyroll did both, Bessie Smith did both, and so did I.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
With my book 'How to Remodel a Man,' I was on Oprah, Fox News, the Early Show, and Good Morning America. Oprah was the best - an hour long segment. TV is so short; you answer a few questions, and then it's over. It feels like a hit-and-run with a camera.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we adopt a dog or any pet, we know it is going to end with us having to say goodbye, but we still do it. And we do it for a very good reason: They bring so much joy and optimism and happiness. They attack every moment of every day with that attitude.
- Nov 07, 2020
Read some good, heavy, serious books just for discipline: Take yourself in hand and master yourself.
- Ignorance
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ruling of men is the effort to direct the individual actions of many persons toward some end. This end theoretically should be the greatest good of all, but no human group has ever reached this ideal because of ignorance and selfishness.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to physically and mentally immerse myself in whatever it is I am doing. That is good for me as an artist. I am always looking for that part that I have never done before, which makes it all the more difficult, because people want to hire you for what they've already seen you do.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to physically and mentally immerse myself in whatever it is I am doing. That is good for me as an artist.
- Good Manager
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- Nov 07, 2020