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• The best compliment that has ever been given to me was, I was at the airport one day and a guy came in and said, 'Lionel, my wife loves you, the kids love you, my mother-in-law loves you, the family loves you.

  Lionel Richie

  Mother, Love You, Kids

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

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• I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years.

  David Bowie

  Baby, Years, Sticks

  Song: Golden Years, 1976

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• I'm not the hero who will always save the day, don't always wear a white hat, don't always know the way. I may not even be the dream you wanted to come true, but I'll always be the man in love with you.

  George Strait

  Dream, Hero, Love You

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• I am determined, even if they throw mud in my face, never to show any resentment, nor break with them, nor deviate from the esteem and honor I owe them in the sight of God. If they forget themselves and say or do something offensive against your little bark, even if it is done purposely to make it sink, bear with it for the love of God, who will save you from shipwreck and calm the storm. Do not complain or even say a single work about it. In spite of everything, continue to compliment them when you meet, as if nothing were amiss.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Sight, Honor

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”

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• Remind people who they are instead of just complimenting them on what they've done.

  Thomas Leonard

  Inspirational, People, Done

  Thomas J. Leonard (2007). “The 28 Laws of Attraction: Stop Chasing Success and Let It Chase You”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

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• Being on time to appointments and meetings is a phase of self-discipline and an evidence of self-respect. Punctuality is a courteous compliment the intelligent person pays to his associates.

  Marvin J. Ashton

  Intelligent, Self, Discipline

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• In whatever sport of field of endeavor you are interested, you should do whatever is necessary to compliment your God-given talent with proper mental preparation so as to do "the best you can." The criterion should be to fully exploit your potential rather than to win at any cost. What more could anyone ever ask of you than to be the best you possibly can?

  Bob Cousy

  Leadership, Sports, Winning

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• I get the worst compliments all the time. 'Oh you're Asian? I love orange chicken.'

  Jo Koy

  Orange, Asian, Chickens

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• I did not know that 'poetess' was an insult, and that I myself would some day be called one. I did not know that to be told I had transcended my gender would be considered a compliment. I didn't know — yet — that black was compulsory. All of that was in the future. When I was sixteen, it was simple. Poetry existed; therefore it could be written; and nobody had told me — yet — the many, many reasons why it could not be written by me.

  Margaret Atwood

  Simple, Black, Would Be

  "Margaret Atwood : Writing Philosophy". Waterstone's Poetry Lecture, Delivered At Hay On Wye, canpoetry.library.utoronto.ca. June 1995.

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• One of the great compliments paid the Savior was that he taught as one having authority. The missionary who knows scripture and can quote it speaks with the voice of authority...May I suggest that in our family night gatherings we make it a project to memorize one scripture a week pertinent to this work. At the conclusion of a year our children will have on their lips a fund of scripture which will remain with them throughout their lives.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Children, Night, Years

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• The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. Im caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points.

  Iris Johansen

  Writing, Character, Sleep

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• You're not going to be great at everything. Surround yourself with people that can compliment you so you can work together and then everybody can be successful.

  Jonathan Tisch

  Successful, Compliments You, People

  "Larry King Live", edition.cnn.com. April 16, 2005.

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• I dont like compliments. I prefer criticism..then I can prove those people wrong.

  Paul Scholes

  People, Criticism, Prove

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• All of us , I believe , carry about in our heads places and landscapes we shall never forget because we have experienced such intensity of life there :places where, like the child that 'feels its life in every limb' in Wordsworth's poem'We are seven' ,our eyes have opened wider, and all our senses have somehow heightened.By way of returning the compliment , we accord these places that have given us such joy a special place in our memories and imaginations. They live on in us, wherever we may be, however far from them.

  Roger Deakin

  Memories, Children, Believe

  Roger Deakin (2008). “Notes from Walnut Tree Farm”, p.242, Penguin UK

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• A couple of kind words
  can not only make a person's day,
  but earn you a friend and supporter for life.
  For the rest of the week,
  whenever you see someone
  you want to judge negatively,
  pay them a compliment instead.
  See what happens.

  Neil Strauss

  Couple, Judging, Want

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• To wear something like that your whole life is the largest compliment someone can pay to you as an artist.

  H. R. Giger

  Artist, Pay, Life Is

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• Quite frankly, I don't like you humans. After what you all have done,
  I find being 'inhuman' a compliment.

  Spider Robinson

  Done, Like You, Humans

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• The male capacity for turning the negative into a compliment is really alarming.

  Lena Dunham

  Males, Negative, Capacity

  "Lena Dunham: 'People called me fat and hideous, and I lived" by Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. January 11, 2014.

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• Hell is God's great compliment to the reality of human freedom and the dignity of human choice.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Reality, Choices, Dignity

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• Cristiano Ronaldo's was the most exciting debut I've ever seen. There have been a few players described as 'The New George Best' over the years, but this is the first time it's been a compliment to me.

  George Best

  Soccer, Football, Cristiano Ronaldo

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• Passionate and forcefully argued, Tar Sands is a wake-up call not just to Canadians but to the wider world to take a serious look at what is happening in northern Alberta. To call this book a polemic is a compliment.

  Margaret MacMillan

  Book, Looks, Wake Up

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• I was honored to wear 'Arizona' across my chest. I am extremely blessed to have my education completely paid for and take part in the great tradition of Wildcat softball. To have my jersey
  number retired was the ultimate compliment.

  Jennie Finch

  Softball, Blessed, Numbers

  Interview with Art Eddy, manjr.com. May 20, 2013.

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• But even considering these, I have great confidence in our young people as a whole. I regard you as the finest generation in the history of the Church. I compliment you, and I have in my heart a great feeling of love and respect and appreciation for you.

  Gordon B. Hinckley

  Appreciation, Heart, Our Generation

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• Always take a compliment, Caroline. Always take it for the way it was intended. You girls are always so quick to twist what others say. Simply say thank you and move on.

  Alice Clayton

  Girl, Moving, Compliments You

  Alice Clayton (2016). “The Cocktail Collection: Wallbanger, Rusty Nailed, and Screwdrivered”, p.270, Simon and Schuster

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• You can't eat compliments.

  Charles M. Schulz

  Praise

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