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  • William Butler Yeats I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson I have done my fiddling so long under Vesuvius that I have almost forgotten to play, and can only wait for the eruption and think it long of coming. Literally no man has more wholly outlived life than I. And still it's good fun.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Al Gore I have faith in the United States and our ability to make good decisions based on the facts.
    Al Gore
    American politician and environmentalist (1948 - )
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  • Sigmund Freud I have found little that is ''good'' about human beings on the whole. In my experience most of them are trash, no matter whether they publicly subscribe to this or that ethical doctrine or to none at all. That is something that you cannot say aloud, or perhaps even think.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Plato I have good hope that there is something after death.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Anne McCaffrey I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write.
    Anne McCaffrey
    American-Irish writer (1926 - 2011)
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  • Horace Mann I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
    Horace Mann
    American educator (1796 - 1859)
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  • Edith Wharton I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.
    Edith Wharton
    American Author (1862 - 1937)
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  • Adam Smith I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Antonia Fraser I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower I have only one yardstick by which I test every major problem - and that yardstick is: Is it good for America?
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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  • Buddy Hackett I have the gift of laughter. I can make people laugh at will. In good times and in bad. And that I don't question. It was a gift from God.
    Buddy Hackett
    American actor and comedian (1924 - 2003)
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  • Bryan Greenberg I have to be honest, I don't pay as much attention to women's fashion, but being a sneaker head, I do like it when a girl can rock a nice pair of sneakers. Not every girl can do it. Every girl looks good in heels - that's a given - but not every girl can look good in fresh kicks.
    Bryan Greenberg
    American actor and singer (1978 - )
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  • Ernest Hemingway I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Marshall Field I have tried to make all my acts and commercial moves the result of definite consideration and sound judgment. There were never any great ventures or risks. I practiced honest, slow-growing business methods, and tried to back them with energy and good system.
    Marshall Field
    American businessman (1834 - 1906)
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  • Bruce Sterling I haven't had that good a time in ages. Since September 11, really. I just felt so happy, it was like the sun came out of the clouds for me. I love Italy.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
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  • Thomas Jefferson I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical. It is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Oscar Wilde I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Anne Frank I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • Charles Barkley I know I'm never as good or bad as one single performance. I've never believed in my critics or my worshippers, and I've always been able to leave the game at the arena.
    Charles Barkley
    American professional basketball player (1963 - )
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