Goodman Quotes

• We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.

  Ellen Goodman

  Love, Forgiveness, Gratitude

  Ellen Goodman (1981). “At Large”

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• My real name's McGill. The Jew thing I just do for the homeboys. They all want a pipe-hitting member of the tribe, so to speak.

  Saul

  Real, Names, Tribes

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• If you're committed enough, you can make any story work. I once told a woman I was Kevin Costner, and it worked because I believed it.

  Bob Odenkirk

  Stories, Kevin, Enough

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• Some people are immune to good advice.

  Saul

  People, Advice, Immune

  "'Breaking Bad' Deconstruction, Ep. 11: 'Confessions'" by Tim Goodman, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 25, 2013.

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• After  you’ve done all the work and prepared as much as you can, what the hell, you  might as well go out and have a good time.

  Benny Goodman

  Done, Might, Good Times

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• In journalism, there has always been a tension between getting it first and getting it right.

  Ellen Goodman

  Firsts, Journalism, Tension

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• If I could put my finger on it, I'd bottle it and sell it. I came down here originally in 1972 with some drunken fraternity guys and had never seen anything like it - the climate, the smells. It's the cradle of music; it just flipped me. Someone suggested that there's an incomplete part of our chromosomes that gets repaired or found when we hit New Orleans. Some of us just belong here.

  John Goodman

  New Orleans, Smell, Guy

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• Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of.

  Ellen Goodman

  Powerful, Mind, Tradition

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• The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.

  Ellen Goodman

  Encouraging, Confidence, Hate

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• I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference.

  Ellen Goodman

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Obviously you can't please everyone. I'm sure some people say, 'Bloody old Len Goodman gets on my nerves.

  Len Goodman

  People, Nerves, Please

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• I could turn on my radio in the morning when I was getting dressed for school and hear Frank Sinatra and Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman and think this is the music. Now that music is art. Ellington is art. At that time it was just what you heard on the radio. Cole Porter was just a guy who wrote pretty songs and Billie Holliday would sing them.

  Woody Allen

  Song, Art, Morning

  CrankyCritic Interview, www.woodyallen.art.pl.

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• The first funeral for Andrew Goodman was at night and it was a lot of work. To begin with they had to kill him.

  Jimmy Breslin

  Night, Funeral, Firsts

  "A talk with Jimmy Breslin, New York's "New Yorkiest" writer" by Jerry Schwartz, www.businessinsider.com. March 19, 2017.

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• I’m a huge fan of the program Democracy Now, which is hosted by Amy Goodman, and I subscribe to the podcast.

  Ellen Page

  Democracy, Fans, Amy

  "Ellen Page’s Greenest Day". Interview with Maddie Oatman, www.motherjones.com. September 11, 2010.

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• I went to the Goodman School of Drama in Chicago.

  Harvey Korman

  Drama, School, Chicago

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• Tanya Ward Goodman, writing with a big heart, clear eyes, and a light touch, allows us a privileged glimpse into the shabby, enchanted world of traveling carnivals, roadside attractions, and a beloved, eccentric father’s descent into Alzheimers. Just as her dad animated the handcarved, miniature western world of Tinkertown from coat hangers, inner tubes and old sewing machine motors, Tanya Ward Goodman has fashioned her complex and often hilarious memories into a beguiling, wry, and moving work of art.

  Michelle Huneven

  Art, Dad, Memories

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• John Goodman's pretty dark - I love John Goodman.

  Todd Phillips

  Dark

  "Director Todd Phillips Talks THE HANGOVER PART III, How It’s Alan’s Story, Keeping a Dark But Realistic Tone, Shooting on Location & More from Our Set Visit". Interview with Dave Trumbore, collider.com. April 17, 2013.

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• I started getting orders from some of the leading stores Fred Segal, Bergdorf Goodman. I realized then that my bags were being noticed by the fashion world.

  Kate Spade

  Fashion, Order, Bags

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• I started off playing the clarinet, after I was inspired by listening to my dad's Benny Goodman records.

  Alvin Lee

  Dad, Listening, Records

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• Benny Goodman was one of the big influences as a clarinet player. That's why I wanted the clarinet.

  Lee Konitz

  Music, Player, Jazz

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• [Luke, holding stormtrooper helmet.] Alas, poor stormtrooper, I knew ye not,/ yet have I taken both uniform and life/ From thee. What manner of a man wert thou?/ A man of inf'nite jest or cruelty?/ A man with helpmate and with children too?/ A man who hath his Empire serv'd with pride?/ A man, perhaps, who wish'd for perfect peace?/ What'er thou wert, goodman, thy pardon grant/ Unto the one who took thy place: e'en me.

  Ian Doescher

  Children, Taken, Pride

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• My my Laura Goodman. I must say that is a charming name for a charming young lady." "Eric's old." I broke in. "Really really old." "Er— really?" Laura asked. "Gosh you don't look even out of your thirties." "Tons of face-lifts. He's a surgical addict. I'm trying to get him help." I added defensively when they both gave me strange looks.

  MaryJanice Davidson

  Names, Trying, Eric

  MaryJanice Davidson (2005). “Undead and Unappreciated: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.155, Penguin

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• The proper word for me," Robin Goodman says, "is me.

  Ali Smith

  Robins

  Ali Smith (2007). “Girl Meets Boy”, p.77, Canongate Books

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• [Goodman] became famous (or notorious) for staring at a player he didn't like. It was called 'the ray' by his men.

  Teddy Wilson

  Player, Men, Rays

  Teddy Wilson, Arie Ligthart, Humphrey van Loo (2001). “Teddy Wilson Talks Jazz: The Autobiography of Teddy Wilson”, p.52, A&C Black

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• I got my training here in Chicago at the Goodman School Of Drama, and a lot of my personal work is usually internal work and stuff. Everything else that goes on is icing on the cake - your wardrobe, your makeup, whatever else you have to do.

  Michael Rooker

  Drama, School, Makeup

  Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. April 18, 2011.

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