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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't want to put on any gimmicky layers just to give the character more definition. I just want to play good characters. It doesn't matter to me if it's 'open ethnicity' or 'specifically Asian.'
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
On the manufacturing side, surfing was a lot harder than sailing. You had to find guys who could shape, who could glass, and you're looking for good people among all these surfers, you know. Keeping the quality up was always a problem.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Give me a few hours, and I can teach anyone how to get in and out on a Hobie. To get to the top level of competition, however, takes years. On a 16- or 18-footer, the total weight between the two people should range from 275-295, and you've gotta be a reasonably coordinated person to be any good at it.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
'The Borgias' is quite good because it does stick quite steadfastly to historical fact, so a lot of people who are interested in the historical element will love watching it, but they were also a ridiculously dramatic family.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not very good at sticking to outlines, and I double back all the time to revisit scenes and change things.
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- Nov 07, 2020
When we talk about good books, we often talk about good sentences, but what we rarely talk about is reader pleasure. Yet it is reader pleasure that is going to make a book break out into the kind of success that makes it into a household name.
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the older folklore, faeries were frightening beings. In fact, it was such a bad idea to get their attention that people would use flattering euphemisms for them, such as 'the people of peace,' 'the little people,' and 'the good neighbors.'
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
Opportunities come in all shapes and sizes but, more importantly, make way for us to make good decisions that have a roll-on effect for others.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm usually quite good at learning things, but I just don't find the business stuff that interesting, so it makes it harder to get my head around.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
For every movie that you go see, how many leading male roles are there in any given movie, and how many leading female roles are there? There may be 5 or 6 really good roles for guys and maybe one for a woman. And it doesn't even matter if you're 25. That's just the logistics.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I remember that when I was in my 30s, a hot age for an actress, lots of offers were coming in, but nothing was great, and I didn't work for 18 months. It was at a really fruitful age, and I wanted to work. There was nothing coming down the pipeline that I thought was good - and then I got 'The Piano.'
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sometimes it's very difficult to do a movie that's good and then have that movie make it to the light of day.
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- Nov 07, 2020