Quotes with good-breeding

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  • Francis Bacon Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Brandon Lee Immortality is to live your life doing good things, and leaving your mark behind.
    Brandon Lee
    American actor (1965 - 1993)
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  • Paul Simon Improvisation is too good to leave to chance.
    Paul Simon
    American singer-songwriter (1941 - 2003)
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  • Baba Kalyani In 2006, the global economy was doing well. In India, the political and economic situation was stable. All key macroeconomic indicators reflected an economy that was in robust good health.
    Baba Kalyani
    Indian businessman (1949 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley In a few years, no doubt, marriage licences will be sold like dog licences, good for 12 months.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • John Millington Synge In a good play every speech should be as fully flavored as a nut or apple.
    John Millington Synge
    Irish playwright, poet, prose writer, travel writer (1871 - 1909)
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  • S. I. Hayakawa In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
    S. I. Hayakawa
    Canada-American Senator (1902 - 1992)
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  • E. B. White In a sense the world dies every time a writer dies, because, if he is any good, he has been a wet nurse to humanity during his entire existence and has held earth close around him, like the little obstetrical toad that goes about with a cluster of eggs attached to his legs.
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • John F. Kennedy In a time of domestic crisis men of good will and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.
    Civil Rights Address, 11-06-1963
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Edwin P. Whipple In activity we must find our joy as well as glory; and labor, like everything else that is good, is its own reward.
    Edwin P. Whipple
    American essay writer (1819 - 1886)
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  • Willem De Kooning In art, one idea is as good as another. If one takes the idea of trembling, for instance, all of a sudden most art starts to tremble. Michelangelo starts to tremble. El Greco starts to tremble. All the Impressionists start to tremble.
    Willem De Kooning
    Dutch-American painter (1904 - 1997)
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  • Bobby Farrelly In comedy, though, it's good to get feedback from the audience about what they find funny.
    Bobby Farrelly
    American film director, screenwriter and producer (1958 - )
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  • Leonard Cohen In dreams the truth is learned that all good works are done in the absence of a caress.
    Leonard Cohen
    Canadian-born American Musician, Songwriter, Singer (1934 - 2016)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson In each of us, two natures are at war – the good and the evil. All our lives the fight goes on between them, and one of them must conquer. But in our own hands lies the power to choose – what we want most to be we are.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Lydia Sigourney In early childhood you may lay the foundation of poverty or riches, industry of idleness, good or evil, by the habits to which you train your children. Teach them right habits then, and their future life is safe.
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  • Andrew Jackson In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not be independent of the people, but be appointed for not more than seven years. The people would always re-elect the good judges.
    Andrew Jackson
    American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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  • Angela Merkel In Europe it is particularly important that we build good relations to everyone who holds political responsibility because Europe can only be build together.
    Angela Merkel
    German politician and chancellor (1954 - )
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  • Brooks Atkinson In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
    Once around the sun (1951)
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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  • Ben Carson In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached the boiling point, I lost all rational control. Totally without thinking, when my anger was aroused, I grabbed the nearest brick, rock, or stick to bash someone. It was as if I had no conscious will in the matter.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Ben Goldacre In general, drug companies are reasonably good at developing new treatments, and there's also a lot of good in the industry.
    Ben Goldacre
    British physician, academic (1974 - )
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