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• Can any thing, my good Sir, be more painful to a friendly mind than a necessity of communicating disagreeable intelligence? Indeed, it is sometimes difficult to determine, whether the relater or the receiver of evil tidings is most to be pitied.

  Fanny Burney

  Evil, Mind, Sometimes

  Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.24, Delphi Classics

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• You can't always be friendly. It's impossible, there isn't the time.

  Tove Jansson

  Friendship, Impossible

  Tove Jansson (2003). “Tales from Moominvalley”, p.17, Penguin UK

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• A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles, lighting and magnifying the page.

  Robert Aris Willmott

  Reading, People, Pages

  Robert Aris WILLMOTT (1851). “Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature”, p.87

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• The life expectancy in Hong Kong is among the highest in the world. You can come to only one conclusion: we have the most environmentally friendly place for people, for executives, for Hong Kong people to live.

  Donald Tsang

  People, World, Hong Kong

  "CE speaks at Business for Clean Air' Joint Conference". www.info.gov.hk. November 27, 2006.

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• I've always been proud to represent my country, whether it be World Cups, European Championships or just friendly games, I've always been a proud person, I'm very patriotic.

  David Beckham

  Country, Patriotic, Games

  "David Beckham interview - Why I'm not ready to finish playing yet". Interview with Paul Vercammen, www.totalfootballmag.com.

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• In Australia and New Zealand, and New Zealand especially, I always find everyone is so nice and friendly. It's one of the few places that I remember visually, like I remember where I stayed and my surroundings - and that's a good sign, because I've got a terrible memory. I'm looking forward to it!

  Ellie Goulding

  Memories, Nice, Australia

  "Interview: Ellie Goulding on her upcoming 2014 New Zealand 'Halcyon Days' Arena tour!". Interview with Shahlin Graves, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. November 14, 2013.

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• Low self-esteem is not possible when you understand the nature of everything. Depression is not possible. The universe is absolutely friendly.

  Byron Katie

  Self Esteem, Lows, Universe

  "The Turnaround: A Byron Katie Interview". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. December 3, 2013.

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• There were definitely bands and musicians I liked that drove my mother insane. I probably liked them all the more for it! Bjork drove my mom nuts. What I listened to was actually pretty mom-friendly for the most part. I wasn't very rebellious.

  Gillian Jacobs

  Mom, Mother, Nuts

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• Thus one thing requires assistance from another, and joins in friendly help.

  Horace

  Helping, One Thing, Assistance

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• The genius of life is friendly to the noble, and, in the dark, brings them friends from far.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Friends, Dark, Noble

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). “The Conduct of Life”, p.123, Harvard University Press

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• God help anyone who disobeys my recycling system. I have all the separated bins. I'm very adamant about it because I try to be a good citizen of the world, I really do. I even use eco-friendly cleaning products, but sometimes you just have to break open the disinfectant. Some jobs require it.

  Linda Evangelista

  Jobs, Trying, Citizens

  "This much I know". Interview With Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. October 2, 2005.

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• I want to try and wear as many Australian designers as I can because I'd like to support my Australian colleagues in the industry as well as find things that are eco-friendly. I love the green concept of wearing more sustainable garments at events.

  Lucy Fry

  Support, Trying, Want

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• Till the enemy's weakness is known , he should be kept on friendly terms.

  Chanakya

  Political, Enemy, Weakness

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• We have to find climate-friendly ways of encouraging economic growth. The good news is we think they exist.

  Jim Yong Kim

  Business, Thinking, Growth

  "Nicholas Stern: 'I got it wrong on climate change – it's far, far worse'". www.theguardian.com. January 26, 2013.

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• Every mind needs friendly contact with other minds, for food of expansion and growth.

  Napoleon Hill

  Growth, Mind, Expansion

  Napoleon Hill, Wallace D. Wattles (2012). “Get Rich Collection”, p.354, Penguin

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• I hope that any expansion of London will learn from the planning examples of some of its most desirable areas such as Chelsea, Notting Hill, Belgravia and Mayfair. All are characterised by high density and a generosity of green spaces. They are all pedestrian-friendly with shops, entertainment, restaurants and pubs within easy walking distance.

  Norman Foster

  Distance, Space, Generosity

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• Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.

  Francis Bacon

  Love, Mankind, Wanton

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• All rooms ought to look as if they were lived in, and to have so to say, a friendly welcome ready for the incomer.

  William Morris

  Looks, Rooms, Welcome

  William Morris, May Morris (2012). “The Collected Works of William Morris: With Introductions by His Daughter May Morris”, p.113, Cambridge University Press

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• There is in man's nature a secret inclination and motion towards love of others, which, if it be not spent upon some one or a few, doth naturally spread itself towards many, and maketh men become humane and charitable, as it is seen sometimes in friars. Nuptial love maketh mankind, friendly love perfecteth it, but wanton love corrupteth and embaseth it.

  Francis Bacon

  Love, Men, Secret

  Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu (1825). “The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:”, p.33

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• I'm not massively into computers. I'm a fan of Macs because they're more user friendly, so I'm used to using them.

  Matthew Kane

  Fans, Computer, Used

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Paintings are not like the Internet. They're not like movies. They're not electronic-friendly. You have to go see them. You have to stand in front of them. That's the great thing about them.

  Julian Schnabel

  Painting, Internet, Great Things

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The people in Miami are so different from anywhere else I've been in America. They're so down to earth, really friendly, and quite self-effacing, with a good sense of humor. I'm not saying other parts of America don't have a sense of humor, but Miami maybe has to have a really good sense of humor for lots of different reasons, and it works. It works for me.

  Tracey Emin

  Self, America, People

  Interview with Joan Collins, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 4, 2013.

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• My father's book is about is about a number of things, but about Houdini's rage to not be a failure like his father, and it's also about converting X-rated material, namely bondage, into family friendly safe fare, which is what he did. It's also about death and resurrection, and rising to live again another day when everyone thinks you're dead.

  Nicholas Meyer

  Father, Book, Thinking

  Source: collider.com

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• Walking companions, like heroes, are difficult to pluck out of the crowd of acquaintances. Good dispositions, ready wit, friendly conversation serve well enough by the fireside but they prove insufficient in the field. For there you need transcendentalists-nothing less; you need poets, sages, humorists and natural philosophers.

  Brooks Atkinson

  Hero, Sage, Crowds

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• If there is anything I've learned, is that piety is smarter than hate, that mercy is preferable even to justice itself, that if you go around the world with friendly look, one does good friends.

  Philip Gibbs

  Hate, Good Friend, Justice

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