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• It must be nice to be so strong and to think it's because you're so good, that you live right and eat right, so you deserve your health and happiness. But there is such a thing as luck, and there's more bad luck than good in this world.

  Laura Lippman

  Strong, Nice, Thinking

  Laura Lippman (2015). “Baltimore Blues”, p.146, Faber & Faber

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• It would be nice to redefine ourselves - at the moment we are drowning in diversity. That's not a bad thing, its just going to take a while before we refocus.

  Harvey Fierstein

  Nice, Diversity, Would Be

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• Thou oughtest to be nice, even to Superstition, in keeping thy Promises; and therefore thou shouldst be equally cautious in making them.

  Thomas Fuller

  Nice, Keeping Promises, Broken Promises

  "An Introduction to Prudence".

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• I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?

  Michael Lewis

  Nice, Thinking, Mirrors

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• They were singing, Gillette, the best a man can get, with a lot of guys hugging their fathers and sailing and riding bikes. I suddenly felt a long way from the best a man could get and I thought it would be nice to get from there to the best.

  Craig Ferguson

  Inspirational, Funny, Father

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• It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.

  Dag Hammarskjold

  Nice, Inspiration, Character

  "Markings". Book by Dag Hammarskjold, 1964.

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• Certain people are like 'Oh, here come the Feminazis!' You end up acting 10 times nicer than you even need to be, to be the opposite of the stereotype like 'You're the man haters!' We're always bending over backwards being extra nice. And I don't know if being nice is my legacy.

  Kathleen Hanna

  Nice, Men, Opposites

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• Meetings, clearly, can take place anywhere, and wouldn't it be nice to see your coworkers lounging on the grass with their shoes off?

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Nice, Shoes, Coworker

  "Idle thoughts" by Tom Hodgkinson, www.theguardian.com. June 9, 2006.

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• If I wake up one day and people tell me I'm not sexy, I'm not going to stop making good music and having fun. That 'sex symbol' thing is typically part of being in the limelight. You better be very talented in your music, but it's good to be nice to look at, I guess.

  Luke Bryan

  Sexy, Fun, Nice

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• Everybody should be normal. Everybody should be nice. I think they go hand in hand, and that to me is the default setting.

  Steve Carell

  Nice, Thinking, Hands

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• I try not to be a jerk. I really do. I try to be nice and cordial.

  Mariah Carey

  Nice, Trying, Jerk

  "Mariah Carey: 'I try not to be a jerk. I really do'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2009.

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• Just be nice, take genuine interest in the people you meet, and keep in touch with people you like. This will create a group of people who are invested in helping you because they know you and appreciate you.

  Guy Kawasaki

  Nice, People, Appreciate

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• My idea of the perfect bottom would be nice, bubbly, curvy, firm, maybe a little bit bouncy.

  A. J. McLean

  Nice, Ideas, Perfect

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• I remember I did think, 'Wouldn't it be nice if Mr Right moved in next door?'

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Nice, Thinking, Doors

  "Helena Bonham Carter: 'We're the bonkers couple'". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2010.

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• I enjoy those small chats you have when people come up and talk to you about your work. It only involves a few seconds of effort to be nice to those people, and I am very grateful for the kind words that people have taken the trouble to express to me in person.

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Nice, Taken, Grateful

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• For the drivers, a weekend off would be nice, but for the fans, it would not be a very good deal.

  Tony Stewart

  Nice, Weekend, Fans

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• It would be nice to really shed the corsets.

  Helena Bonham Carter

  Nice, Would Be, Shed

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• Some models are naturally very thin, but if they aren't naturally like that, then what these girls do to their health to fit in ... To be a size zero or a two when you're tall is incredible to me. It would be nice if models were allowed to be a more healthy weight - for the models, and for the young women who look up to them. We were athletic and healthy, and we looked like women.

  Tatjana Patitz

  Girl, Zero, Nice

  "The forgotten supermodel" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. January 14, 2009.

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• I don't like people who are hypocritical, who pretend to be nice, particularly in show business when they're nice on camera, and then off camera they're absolutely appalling to the makeup people, or the waitress in a restaurant, you know? I don't like - I can't bear those kind of people. So I like people who are, you know, up front in your face.

  Simon Cowell

  Nice, Makeup, People

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. March 17, 2006.

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• We've been trained since kindergarten: Be nice, be kind, share, put on a smile. So we're conditioned to squash our natural selfish instincts, and that's the right thing for society.

  Bryan Cranston

  Selfish, Nice, Squash

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• I have to expose myself and then accept the judgment that audiences and critics will have. And that's okay. I appreciate the elliptical nature of it. Sometimes people are more in the mood to be nice to me than others, and that's great.

  Claire Danes

  Nice, People, Appreciate

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• Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

  Jonathan Davis

  Nice, People, Trying

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• Oh my God, there are so many songs I wish I had written. 'Waters of March,' I wish I had written 'My Baby Just Cares for Me,' I wish I had written 'This Will Be Our Year,' I mean, there's millions of them. 'Wouldn't It Be Nice?'

  Zooey Deschanel

  Song, Baby, Nice

  "Zooey Deschanel Can Play the Ukulele". Interview with Mark Mikin, www.esquire.com. July 17, 2009.

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• I’d recommend learning to accept rejection. Become friends with rejection. Be nice to rejection, because it’s a huge part of being a writer, no matter where you are in your career.

  A. J. Jacobs

  Nice, Writing, Careers

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• It would be nice to say the rich people, the fancy people, all behaved like bastards and the poor slobs all came through like heroes. But as a matter of fact, sometimes the poor slobs behave like slobs and the great, noble, privileged characters come off very well, indeed.

  Walter Lord

  Nice, Hero, Character

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