Good Place Quotes - Page 2

• To be a light to others you will need a good dose of the spiritual life. Because as my mother used to say, if you are in a good place, then you can help others; but if you're not well, then go look for somebody who is in a good place who can help you.

  Rigoberta Menchu

  God, Mother, Spiritual

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• When I'm wasted, I can almost forget who I am," he said, his smile fading slightly. "I know I'm still there, but only barely. It's a good place to be." He tipped back the thermos, eyes on the dark sea straight ahead

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Eye, Dark, Who I Am

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.434, Simon and Schuster

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• I used to come here on my own sometimes... Id' stay down here for ages." Her voice was barely audible. "It's a good place for sadness.

  Kevin Brooks

  Sadness, Voice, Age

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• The only really good place to buy lumber is at a store where the lumber has already been cut and attached together in the form of furniture finished and put inside boxes.

  Dave Barry

  Funny, Humor, Cutting

  Dave Barry (2001). “All the Dave Barry you could ever want: four classic books in one from America's foremost humorist”

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• Love is a good place to situate our distrust of fake women.

  Anne Carson

  Love Is, Fake, Distrust

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• All I needed was a steady table and a typewriter...a marble-topped bedroom washstand table made a good place; the dining-room table between meals was also suitable.

  Agatha Christie

  Writing, Typewriters, Dining

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• A good place to visit, but a poor place to stay.

  Josh Billings

  Poor

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• In many ways, constancy is an illusion. After all, our ancestors were immigrants, many of them moving on every few years; today we are migrants in time. Unless teachers can hold up a model of lifelong learning and adaptation, graduates are likely to find themselves trapped into obsolescence as the world changes around them. Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.

  Mary Catherine Bateson

  Life, Teacher, Moving

  Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.14, Grove Press

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• What most people don't understand is that UFOs are on a cosmic tourist route. That's why they're always seen in Arizona, Scotland, and New Mexico. Another thing to consider is that all three of those destinations are good places to play golf. So there's possibly some connection between aliens and golf.

  Alice Cooper

  Golf, Play, Scotland

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• I've been told that I'm incompetent, socially retarded, maladjusted. I still know that I couldn't function in reality. Los Angeles is a good place for me.

  Diablo Cody

  Reality, Los Angeles, Retarded

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

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• It's a good place when all you have is hope and not expectations.

  Danny Boyle

  Expectations

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• Of any stopping place in life, it is good to ask whether it will be a good place from which to go on as well as a good place to remain.

  Mary Catherine Bateson

  Inspirational, Memorable, Stopping

  Mary Catherine Bateson (2001). “Composing a Life”, p.14, Grove Press

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• I would strongly recommend any young man to stay away from criminal law. It's not a good place to be, unfortunately.

  F. Lee Bailey

  Men, Law, Criminals

  "F. Lee Bailey looks back on his legal career". Interview with Greta Van Susteren, www.cnn.com. August 17, 2000.

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• A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.

  E. B. White

  Inspiring, Encouragement, Book

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• I'm happy, I'm in a good place, I'm looking forward to my future.

  Katy Perry

  Looking Forward, My Future

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• When I travel I normally eat club sandwiches or I bring my own food. When you go into a new town, it's very had to find a good place to eat.

  Paul Prudhomme

  Travel, Sandwiches, Clubs

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• The world was a terrible place, cruel, pitiless, dark as a bad dream. Not a good place to live. Only in books could you find pity, comfort, happiness - and love. Books loved anyone who opened them, they gave you security and friendship and didn't ask anything in return; they never went away, never, not even when you treated them badly.

  Cornelia Funke

  Dream, Reading, Book

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• When you give everyone a voice and give people power, the system usually ends up in a really good place. So, what we view our role as, is giving people that power.

  Mark Zuckerberg

  Power, Views, Voice

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

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• A lot of times people's main motives and plan in life is to hurt as many people as they can, but I think there's enough good people that help make the world a good place.

  Tina Yothers

  Hurt, Thinking, People

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• I've had lots of kids come up and ask for my autograph, I've had a grandmother stop me and ask me if I know a good place to buy underwear.

  Prince William

  Kids, Grandmother, Underwear

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• When you're wide open, the world is a good place.

  Sharon Salzberg

  World, Wide

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• I was never a leading man. I've always been in the outer concentric circles in the company, being a character actor, which is a good place to be. It gives you that diversity.

  Geoffrey Rush

  Character, Men, Circles

  "Capt. Barbossa’s back: An interview with Geoffrey Rush". "Associated Press" Interview, www.ocregister.com. May 23, 2007.

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• My characters come from a good place.

  Seth Rogen

  Character

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• I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be.

  Colin Quinn

  Funny, Thinking, People

  "Colin Quinn...Irish Comic Standing". Interview with AskMen, www.askmen.com.

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• A good place to start is with the kids ... One of the great founding principles of our country was that children would not be punished for the mistakes of their parents. It is time to provide an opportunity for legal residence and citizenship for those who were brought to this country as children and who know no other home.

  Eric Cantor

  Country, Children, Mistake

  "Eric Cantor: Dreamers 'Should Receive Pathway To Citizenship'" by Elise Foley, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 02, 2013.

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