Quotes with semi-good

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  • John Barrymore In Genesis, it says that it is not good for a man to be alone; but sometimes it is a great relief.
    John Barrymore
    American actor (1882 - 1942)
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  • Susan Sontag In good films, there is always a directness that entirely frees us from the itch to interpret.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Oscar Wilde In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Assata Shakur In my case, spirituality has been important to me because at periods in my life there's been very little else that I've had going. I've actually needed to call on, to feel the forces of good in this universe to be able to survive.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Ansel Adams In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
    Ansel Adams
    American landscape photographer and environmentalist (1902 - 1984)
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  • Barbara Lynn In my relationship with a young guy I was going with in a band - his name was Sylvester, and I think he had another little girl on the side - I told him, 'If you lose me, you're going to lose a good thing.' And I went home and put that poem to music.
    Barbara Lynn
     
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  • Alex Haley In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.
    Alex Haley
    American writer (1921 - 1992)
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  • Salvador Dali In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Daniel S. Loeb In order to be a really good investor, you need to be a little bit of a philosopher as well.
    Daniel S. Loeb
    American investor, hedge fund manager, and philanthropist (1961 - )
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  • Edward Hoagland In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog.
    Edward Hoagland
    American Novelist, Essayist (1932 - )
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  • George R. R. Martin In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.
    Source: Infinity plus interview (2001) Sunsets of High Renown
    George R. R. Martin
    American writer and television producer (1948 - )
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  • Margaret Anderson In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love, you want the other person.
    Margaret Anderson
    American editor and publisher (1886 - 1973)
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  • Abraham Lincoln In regard to this Great Book, I have but to say, it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Saviour gave to the world was communicated through this book.
    Source: Reply to Loyal Colored People of Baltimore upon Presentation of a Bible, 7 september 1864
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Andrew Coyle Bradley In Shakespearean tragedy the main source of the convulsion which produces suffering and death is never good: good contributes to this convulsion only from its tragic implication with its opposite in one and the same character.
    Andrew Coyle Bradley
    American lawyer (1844 - 1902)
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  • Anne Frank In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.
    Anne Frank
    Jewish refugee and writer (1929 - 1945)
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  • Bette Davis In the beginning was the Word,' and you must not be tempted with a script just because you have a great part. You want a great role to play, but the whole - the whole - must be good. It'll never succeed if it's just the role you like.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Beau Willimon In the best possible scenario, whenever you get notes from people, they're good notes, and they see things that you wouldn't have seen otherwise, and they make you a better writer.
    Beau Willimon
    American playwright and screenwriter (1977 - )
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  • Mortimer J. Adler In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.
    Mortimer J. Adler
    American philosopher, educator, and popular (1902 - 2001)
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  • Rabbi Harold S. Kushner In the final analysis, the questions of why bad things happen to good people transmutes itself into some very different questions, no longer asking why something happened, but asking how we will respond, what we intend to do now that it happened.
    Rabbi Harold S. Kushner
    American rabbi (1935 - )
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  • Bill Vaughan In the game of life, it's a good idea to have a few early losses, which relieves you of the pressure of trying to maintain an undefeated season.
    Bill Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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