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  • Ian Mcewan By concentrating on what is good in people, by appealing to their idealism and their sense of justice, and by asking them to put their faith in the future, socialists put themselves at a severe disadvantage.
    Ian Mcewan
    English novelist and screenwriter (1948 - )
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  • Vernon Howard By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate those that belong to humanity.
    Vernon Howard
    Swiss actor (1918 - 1992)
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  • Blaise Pascal By knowing each man's ruling passion, we are sure of pleasing him; and yet each has his fancies, opposed to his true good, in the very idea which he has of the good.
    Pensees (1669)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Aeschylus By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Calamity Jane By the time we reached Virginia City I was considered a remarkable good shot and a fearless rider for a girl of my age.
    Calamity Jane
    American frontierswoman (1852 - 1903)
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  • Dorothy Thompson Can one preach at home inequality of races and nations and advocate abroad good-will towards all men?
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  • James Fenimore Cooper Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman.
    James Fenimore Cooper
    American writer (1789 - 1851)
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  • Bernie Sanders Capitalism does a number of things very well: it helps create an entrepreneurial spirit; it gets people motivated to come up with new ideas, and that's a good thing.
    Bernie Sanders
    American politician (1941 - )
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  • John Maynard Keynes Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
    John Maynard Keynes
    British economist (1883 - 1946)
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  • Arne Jacobsen Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high.
    Arne Jacobsen
    Danish architect and designer (1902 - 1971)
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  • Bjarne Stroustrup Certainly not every good program is object-oriented, and not every object-oriented program is good.
    Bjarne Stroustrup
    Danish computer scientist (1950 - )
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  • Adam Sandler Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it.
    Adam Sandler
    American actor, comedian, and filmmaker (1966 - )
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  • Bob Barr Chicago is known for good steaks, expensive stores and beautiful architecture. Unfortunately, the Windy City also enjoys a reputation for corrupt politics, violent crime, and some of the strictest gun control laws anywhere in the country.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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  • Bobby Flay Chipotles to me are a one-of-a-kind pepper because they're smoked jalapenos, so they're fiery and they're smoky. It's good to use chipotles in salsas or soups or condiments - that works really well. To me, they always really pick up anything you put them in.
    Bobby Flay
    American celebrity chef and restaurateur (1964 - )
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  • Basil Hume Christ shared our experience; he suffered as we suffer; he died as we shall die, and for forty days in the desert he underwent the struggle between good and evil.
    Basil Hume
    English Roman Catholic bishop (1923 - 1999)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Christianity might be a good thing if anyone ever tried it.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Calvin Coolidge Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Bill de Blasio Clearly, Mayor Bloomberg did some things right. I think he did a very good job on public health. He did a very good job on environment. I think he was right to achieve mayoral control of education. I don't think he then applied it the right way.
    Bill de Blasio
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle Clever men are good, but they are not the best.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Alexander McQueen Clothes and jewellery should be startling, individual. When you see a woman in my clothes, you want to know more about them. To me, that is what distinguishes good designers from bad designers.
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