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• Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country.

  Helen Suzman

  Country, Party, Boss

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• None love the messenger who brings bad news.

  Sophocles

  Love, News, Messengers

  Sophocles (2012). “Antigone”, p.11, Courier Corporation

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• Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees must be encouraged to share bad news as much as good news.

  Bill Gates

  Organization, Looks, News

  Bill Gates (2009). “Business @ the Speed of Thought: Succeeding in the Digital Economy”, p.80, Hachette UK

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• Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.

  Sophocles

  Gossip, News, Likes

  Sophocles (2013). “Sophocles I: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus”, p.31, University of Chicago Press

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• They reached the carriage house. When she turned the knob, he got all critical again. “Why isn’t this door locked?” “It’s Parrish. There’s not much point.” “We have crime here, just as any other place does. Keep this door locked from now on.” “Like that’s going to stop you. All you’d have to do is give it one good kick, and – “ “Not from me, you ninny!” “I hate to be the one to break the bad news, but if they find my body, you’re the one with the biggest grudge.” “It’s impossible to hold a rational conversation with you.

  Susan Elizabeth Phillips

  Hate, Doors, Giving

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• The bad news is that only the bad people reach the news because they are noisier.

  Javier Bardem

  People, News, Bad People

  "Berlin 2012: Javier Bardem Talks About Alvaro Longoria's 'Sons of the Clouds: The Last Colony' (Q&A)". Interview with Pamela Rolfe, www.hollywoodreporter.com. February 15, 2012.

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• It always amazes me how many women like dangerous men. Men who almost from the moment you meet them, you know are bad news. Me, I prefer my men kinder, gentler, nice. Niceness is highly underrated by most people.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Nice, Men, People

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “Obsidian Butterfly: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.149, Penguin

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• The bill that job creators and out-of-work Americans need us to pass is the one that ensures taxes won't go up - one that says Americans and small-business owners won't get hit with more bad news at the end of the year.

  Mitch McConnell

  Jobs, Years, Needs

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• A new survey shows that the American public is more conservative now than at any point since 1952. The bad news is that all the liberals that died since then are still voting.

  Fred Thompson

  Voting, News, Politics

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• While the good news of the gospel may not appeal to everyone, the bad news of the gospel still applies to everyone.

  Matt Chandler

  News, May, Appeals

  Matt Chandler, Michael Snetzer (2014). “Recovering Redemption: A Gospel Saturated Perspective on How to Change”, p.25, B&H Publishing Group

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• The good news is that “The Hangover Part III” isn’t a rerun like the second episode. The bad news is everything else. For all the promise of mayhem and WTF moments, the final episode hits you with all the force of a warm can of O’Doul’s.

  Kyle Smith

  Hangover, Promise, Finals

  "The last ‘Hangover’ might be even worse than the second". nypost.com. May 22, 2013.

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• The good news is that we are Buddha.
  The bad news is that all beings are Buddha.
  The sickness of being human is the sickness of wanting to be unique.

  Albert Low

  Unique, News, Sickness

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• The good news is that in every deck of fifty-two cards there are 2,598,960 possible hands.  The bad news is that you are only going to be dealt one of them.

  Anthony Holden

  Hands, Two, Cards

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• There is too much bad news to justify complacency. There is too much good news to justify despair.

  Donella Meadows

  Despair, News, Too Much

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• Kim: "What, a coffee? Hollie, I have some bad news. I hate you, okay?" Hollie: "You hate everyone, Kim." Kim: "You're one of everyone.

  Bryan Lee O'Malley

  Hate, Coffee, Hollies

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• Then I have some bad news for you, because humans are going to destroy each other as soon as it becomes easy enough to, which will be very soon.

  Jonathan Safran Foer

  News, Easy, Enough

  Jonathan Safran Foer (2006). “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”, p.53, Penguin UK

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• The good news is there's no devil. The bad news is there's no heaven. There's nothing.

  Kerry Packer

  Heaven, Devil, News

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Bad news, Harry. I've just been to see Professor McGonagall about the Firebolt. She – er, got a bit shirty with me. Told me I'd got my priorities wrong. Seemed to think I cared more about winning the Cup than I do about staying alive. Just because I told her I didn't care if it threw you off, as long as you caught the Snitch first.

  J. K. Rowling

  Winning, Thinking, Long

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• There was something not quite right about her eagerness, an eerie kind of voyeurism in her need for bad news.

  Kim Edwards

  Father, Eerie, News

  Kim Edwards (2006). “The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel”, p.69, Penguin

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• You don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.

  Thomas J. Watson

  Business, Scratches, News

  Thomas J. Watson, Peter Petre (2013). “Father, Son & Co.: My Life at IBM and Beyond”, p.386, Bantam

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• If news is not really news unless it is bad news, it may be difficult to claim we are an informed nation

  Norman Cousins

  News, May, Claims

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• The gospel is only good news when we understand the bad news.

  R. C. Sproul

  News, Good News

  Twitter post from Dec 21, 2015

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• So, very early reports are that Obamacare exchanges are, as expected, having some technical glitches on the first day - maybe even a bit worse than expected, because it appears that volume has been much bigger than predicted. Here’s what you need to know: this is good, not bad, news for the program... Lots of people logging on and signing up on the very first day... is an early indication that it’s going to be fine, that plenty of people will sign up for the first year of health reform.

  Paul Krugman

  Years, Obamacare, People

  "Good Glitches". krugman.blogs.nytimes.com. October 1, 2013.

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• There is a prayer intended to give strength to people faced with circumstances they don’t want to accept. The power of the prayer comes from it's insight into human nature. Because so many of us rage against the hand that life has dealt us. Because so many of us are cowardly. And afraid to stand up for what is right. Because so many of us give into despair when faced with an impossible choice. The good news for those who utter these words is that God will hear you and answer your prayer. The bad news is that sometimes the answer is no.

  Mary Alice

  Prayer, Hands, People

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• We were also performing. We'd give them a list of, like, 'Here's how we want to be introduced' They'd be like, 'Great' And then 5 minutes later they'd come back, 'Bad news: we lost your list. But good news: we've got a trash bag full of weed!'

  Amy Poehler

  Weed, Marijuana, Giving

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