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• The best thing about a horrible city is that it makes you to understand the beauty of the pastoral life! The bad crystallizes the value of the good.

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Life, Past, Cities

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• Philanthropy is an important subject of liberal education because it examines the role of good works in shaping our conceptions of the good society and the good life.

  Robert L. Payton

  Important, Roles, Philanthropy

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• Learned arguments do not make a man holy and righteous, whereas a good life makes him dear to God.

  Thomas a Kempis

  Men, Holy, Righteous

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• With hard work, living a good life, you can do anything. You will be rewarded for that.

  Jennifer Lopez

  Hard Work, Can Do, Living The Good Life

  "Jennifer Lopez: Still Wild at Heart". Interview with Glamour Magazine, www.glamour.com. August 2, 2010.

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• That's the new picture of the good life that I want to paint - living the way that God created us to live. That's what the good life is.

  Trip Lee

  Want, Way, Life Is

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• If one is strong be also merciful, so that one's neighbors may respect one rather than fear one.

  Chilon of Sparta

  Strong, May, Neighbor

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• How good you and I get at repenting will determine how good life is.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Missionary, Life Is, Repent

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• Life is good, life is great.
  Always love and never hate.
  Break the rules, stand apart.
  Ignore your head and follow your heart.

  Ashley Purdy

  Hate, Heart, Life Is Good

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• I'm not an aspiring rapper, I'm not a gang member, I'm not a dope dealer, I don't have multiple babies momma's. I am an American by choice, I am a son, I am a brother, I am a military service member, I am a man who has lost complete faith in the system, when the system betrayed, slandered, and libeled me. I lived a good life and though not a religious man I always stuck to my own personal code of ethics, ethos and always stuck to my shoreline and true North. I didn't need the US Navy to instill Honor, Courage, and Commitment in me but I thank them for re-enforcing it. It's in my DNA.

  Christopher Dorner

  Baby, Religious, Brother

  "Alleged cop-killer details threats to LAPD and why he was driven to violence" by Mallory Simon, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2013.

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• The good lawgiver should inquire how states and races of men and communities may participate in a good life, and in the happiness which is attainable by them.

  Aristotle

  Men, Race, Community

  Aristotle, (2014). “Complete Works of Aristotle, Volume 2: The Revised Oxford Translation”, p.2103, Princeton University Press

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• Just as the good life is something beyond the pleasant life, the meaningful life is beyond the good life.

  Martin Seligman

  Meaningful, Life Is, Pleasant

  Martin Seligman (2011). “Authentic Happiness”, p.20, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• Most of my experiences have been positive. I know I live a very good life. I'm severely overpaid, but there are people who are much more overpaid than I am. I've been very lucky, and I know that, because I see guys all the time who are struggling and can't make a dime, and they're much better actors than me.

  Kurt Fuller

  Struggle, People, Guy

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Depression and hopelessness are not the only reasons terminally ill patients wish to end their lives. Many individuals see nothing undignified about choosing to end their lives at the time and manner of their choosing - and many view such a choice as the meaningful culmination of a good life.

  Jacob M. Appel

  Meaningful, Views, Choices

  "Is it compassionate to prohibit suicide?". The Baltimore Sun, March 17, 2009.

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• Getting ahead cannot be the only motive that motivates people. You have to imagine what a good life is.

  Henry Giroux

  People, Life Is, Imagine

  "We Live in an Era of Zombie Politics". Interview with Bill Moyers, www.alternet.org. November 22, 2013.

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• The good life is the best preparation for bad times.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Preparation, Life Is, Bad Times

  "Wherefore Ye Must Press Forward". Book by Neal A. Maxwell, Deseret Book Co. (Salt Lake City), p. 32, 1977.

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• You can live, provided you live; that is, you can live for ever, provided you live a good life.

  Saint Augustine

  Sermons 229H:3:2,

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• What is good for the bad, and what is bad for the good.

  Seiji Kaneko

  Life

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• The Bible makes clear a basic truth that we self-centered humans find difficult to accept, namely, that the natural universe was not created primarily for us. There is no doubt that God wants us to enjoy it and even use its resources to optimize a good life for ourselves. But the ultimate purpose of creation is worship. Nature and all living things were created to glorify God.

  Tony Campolo

  Self, Doubt, Environmental

  Tony Campolo (1995). “Carpe Diem: Seize the Day”, Thomas Nelson

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• How we live is determined by what is ultimately fueling us - our deepest desire or end goal. Do we really want to know and follow God, or are we more interested in a comfortable, pleasurable life for ourselves? Jesus asked his disciples early on, "What do you seek?" And he's still asking that question today. To be motivated to live in the presence of God, we have to believe that "the good life" is really found in him and him alone.

  Kenneth Boa

  Jesus, Believe, Goal

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• What is the highest good in all matters of action? To the name, there is almost complete agreement; for uneducated and educated alike call it happiness, and make happiness identical with the good life and successful living. They disagree, however, about the meaning of happiness.

  Aristotle

  Successful, Agreement, Names

  Aristotle, Renford Bambrough (1963). “The philosophy of aristotle, a new selection with an introd. and commentary by Renford Bambrough. New translations by A. E. Wardman and J. L. Creed”

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• I've had people explain to me what one of my poems meant, and I've been surprised that it means that to them. If a person can use a poem of mine to interpret her life or his life, good. I can't control that. Nor would I want to.

  Maya Angelou

  Mean, People, Poetry

  FaceBook post by Maya Angelou from Oct 04, 2012

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• If you want to have a good life you have to have some constructive outlet for your feelings.

  William J. Clinton

  Feelings, Want, Outlets

  Clinton, William J. (2000). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: William J. Clinton, 1999”, p.599, Best Books on

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• I enjoy the hunt much more than the “good life” after the victory.

  Carl Icahn

  Victory, Enjoy, Hunts

  "Icahn on Icahn". Reuters Interview, www.breakingviews.com. March 27, 2012.

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• The first duty of life is to live.

  Burt Lancaster

  Firsts, Life Is, Duty

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• I'm working hard to have a good life.
  You don't need fancy things to feel good.
  You can hug a puppy.
  You can buy a can of paint and surround yourself with color.
  You can plant a flower and watch it grow.
  You can decide to trust people, the right people.
  You can decide to start over and let other people start over, too.

  Joan Bauer

  Flower, Color, Fancy Things

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