Quotes with good-natured

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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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  • 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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  • B. B. King Sometimes I just think that there are more things to be said to make the audience understand what I'm trying to do more. When I'm singing, I don't want you to just hear the melody. I want you to relive the story, because most of the songs have pretty good storytelling.
    B. B. King
    American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer (1925 - 2015)
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  • Anne Dudley Sometimes in films it's nice to have violins on either side, rather than on one side, so you've got more of a stereo picture with the violins. Sometimes it's good to have the basses in the middle.
    Anne Dudley
    English composer, keyboardist and conductor (1956 - )
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  • Carl Honore Sometimes it takes a wake-up call, doesn't it, to alert us to the fact that we're hurrying through our lives instead of actually living them; that we're living the fast life instead of the good life. And I think, for many people, that wake-up call takes the form of an illness.
    Carl Honore
    Canadian journalist (1967 - )
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  • Robert Alan Sometimes just a smile on our face can help to make this world a better place. Stand up for the things that are right. Try to talk things out instead of fight. Lend a hand when you can, get involved this is good. You can help to make a difference in your neighborhood.
    Robert Alan
    American singer/songwriter and comic book creator (1971 - )
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  • Carine Roitfeld Sometimes pressure can be good, and it gives you a lot of energy to do something.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Henry Rollins Sometimes the truth hurts. And sometimes it feels real good.
    Henry Rollins
    American musician, actor and writer (1961 - )
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  • Mme de Stael Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
    Mme de Stael
    French-Swiss novelist and essayist (1766 - 1817)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Bryce Harper Spirituality is something that makes you who you are on and off the field. It's something you try and live by. The way you play is one thing, but the way you act is a little different. You're just trying to be a good person, the best you can be, on and off the field.
    Bryce Harper
    American baseball player (1992 - )
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