Quotes with good-breeding

Quotes 1901 till 1920 of 2790.

  • Abdullah Ahmad Badawi So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good.
    Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
    Malaysian politician (1939 - )
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  • Bob Inglis So when you're dealing with an existential threat like death or like climate change, if you see it as 'we are all toast anyway,' then denial is a pretty good way of coping.
    Bob Inglis
    American politician (1959 - )
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  • Brene Brown Social media has given us this idea that we should all have a posse of friends when in reality, if we have one or two really good friends, we are lucky.
    Brene Brown
    American professor, lecturer, author (1965 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley Societies are composed of individuals and are good only insofar as they help individuals to realize their potentialities and to lead a happy and creative life.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Barbara Park Society just has a way of inhibiting you, which is good and bad.
    Barbara Park
    American author of children's books (1947 - 2013)
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  • Beth Ditto Some makeup companies have really good recycling policies, and it's worth finding out whether your favourites are among them. With MAC, for instance, you can take any of your old makeup containers into its shops, and the sweetest deal is that, once you've racked up six containers, you get a free lipstick or lip gloss.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Billie Holiday Some men like me talkin' happy
    Some calls it snappy
    Some call me honey
    Others think I got money
    Some tell me baby you're built for speed
    Now if you put that all together
    Makes me everything a good man needs.
    Billies Blues
    Billie Holiday
    American jazz musician and singer-songwriter (1915 - 1959)
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  • Augustus William Hare Some men treat the God of their fathers as they treat their father's friend. They do not deny him; by no means: they only deny themselves to him, when he is good enough to call upon them.
    Augustus William Hare
    British writer (1792 - 1834)
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  • Harry S. Truman Some of the Presidents were great and some of them weren't. I can say that, because I wasn't one of the great Presidents, but I had a good time trying to be one, I can tell you that.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • Bell Hooks Some people act as though art that is for a mass audience is not good art, and I think this has been a very negative thing. I know that I have wanted very much to write books that are accessible to the widest audience possible.
    Bell Hooks
    American author, professor, feminist (born G.J.Watkins) (1952 - 2021)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Bruce Forsyth Some people hate the sight of me as soon as they see me on television. They loathe the look of me, and I accept that from the days of variety. I would walk on and some people would open a newspaper and think, 'He's first on, so he can't be any good.' I accept that.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Burning Spear Some people see life as many steps up and try to forget where they are coming from, you understand? A little step in life on a commercial or a material level is a good step, but a big step does not mean a strong step - you tend to lose your roots - and if you don't be careful, you can fall.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • Ernest Hemingway Some people show evil as a great racehorse shows breeding. They have the dignity of a hard chancre.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • Beth Henley Some really good things kind of swing both ways and I like to see people that can swing really, really, really sad and horrible and terrible and really, really, really beautiful and funny.
    Beth Henley
    American playwright, screenwriter, and actress (1952 - )
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Some theories are good for nothing except to be argued about.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Benjamin Whichcote Some things must be good in themselves, else there could be no measure whereby to lay out good and evil.
    Benjamin Whichcote
    British philosopher (1609 - 1683)
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  • Campbell Brown Someone once told me I looked good in red, so I bought every piece of clothing in red and bright-red lipstick. I had huge hair, as big as I could tease it and spray it.
    Campbell Brown
    American journalist (1968 - )
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  • Brooke Shields Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.
    Brooke Shields
    American actress and model (1965 - )
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  • William Feather Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim.
    William Feather
    American writer, businessman (1889 - 1981)
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