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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
- Eras
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- Nov 07, 2020
Idealism that makes no distinction between areas where our national interest lies and those from which it is remote does no good for America. The weariness of the post-Versailles, post-Korea, post-Vietnam eras is never far from the national mood.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
My belief is the majority of people in politics are just interested in pursuing this career in politics, and doing what's necessary to get themselves re-elected. And if that happens to coincide with the public good, great. But if it doesn't, the public good loses out.
- Balance
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think on balance, Don King has been bad for boxing. I think he's done some very good things and I think he did a heck of a job of promoting Ali but I think I could have promoted Ali.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am always happy up a ladder with a paintbrush in my hand. And I wish I had more time to spend in the garden - not least because I get good ideas for writing when I'm out there.
- Light
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- Nov 07, 2020
I travel light. I think the most important thing is to be in a good mood and enjoy life, wherever you are.
- Beauty
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's design, and there's art. Good design is total harmony. There's no better designer than nature - if you look at a branch or a leaf, it's perfect. It's all function. Art is different. It's about emotion. It's about suffering and beauty - but mostly suffering!
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
A challenging economy is always good for design. It unites necessity and functionality. You are forced to be creative with poor materials.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not allowed to be afraid. My mother made me like that. As a child, if I was afraid of the dark, she would lock me in the closet. Things like this. And she would talk about the time she spent in the concentration camp, but not about being afraid, only about the good side of it.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
But I don't think that poetry is a good, to use a contemporary word, venue, for current events.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
From reading a previous answer, you know that I consider all those aspects to be part of American cultural myth and thus they figure into good American poetry, whether the poet is aware of what he is doing or not.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020