Right Thing Quotes - Page 32

• When I was 21 I think I thought I was 31. I was always kind of doing the right thing, and it wasn't until my late twenties that I became just a completely wild asshole. So I should've had that out of my system already and I was too busy being a grown-up.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Thinking, Twenties, Kind

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• We in America count on the profit motive to get people to do the right thing. That's our basic American notion when it comes to business.

  Chris Matthews

  America, People, Profit

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• I want to do the right things - I want to plant trees, I want to make sure that the indigenous forests are protected because I know, whatever happens, these are the forests that contain biodiversity, these are the forests that help us retain water when it rains and keep our rivers flowing, these are the forests that many future generations will need.

  Wangari Maathai

  Rain, Rivers, Water

  Source: www.sbs.com.au

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• I knew that I was not doing anything wrong, and I knew in my mind I was doing the right thing. I knew that the people who were going against me were not going against me for a good purpose. I knew that they were trying to justify their corruption and misgovernance.

  Wangari Maathai

  People, Mind, Trying

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• The United States abd usually be reiled on to do the right thing, but only after they have tried all the other alternatives.

  Winston Churchill

  Politics, United States, Alternatives

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• Morale is a little bit dimmed, is a bit affected by the redundancy program. That program had been planned for quite some time, and when I took over it was really left to me to make the final decision and it clearly was the right thing to do for the business.

  David Edward Kirk

  Decision, Finals, Littles

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• Deep within all of us there is a yearning to be brave. And like all of our deepest, truest and best yearning, it comes from how we were made.Courage-the power to do the right thing even when it is scary and hard- resonates deeply with the original shape of our soul.

  Gary Haugen

  Brave, Scary, Soul

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• I haven't pursued it as a senator because I know it's like spitting in the wind. But I still believe it's the right thing. And if I were governor and a bill came to my desk that provided for background checks at gun shows, I would sign that.

  Wendy Davis

  Believe, Gun, Wind

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• Comedy is created when someone is trying very earnestly to do what he feels is the right thing to do at that moment.

  Madeline Kahn

  Trying, Comedy, Moments

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• I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure theyre all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.

  Emilia Fox

  People, Want, Faces

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• You only live once. Trying to do the right thing for other people often doesnt work out, and you have to follow your own path in order to make things work out best for everyone.

  Alison Pill

  Order, People, Work Out

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• I was concerned about doing the right thing when I was a kid. I suppose as a child, youre a massive egomaniac, and you think that everything you do is going to affect the world.

  Rupert Graves

  Children, Kids, Thinking

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• My childhood, I wouldn't say it was bad. It helped me grow up. I stayed out of trouble. My parents taught me what's wrong and right, and knowing that I had a little brother following me, I had to make sure I was doing the right thing so he knows what's right, too. I was in the house nine days out of 10. There wasn't nothing good outside for me.

  Russell Westbrook

  Brother, Growing Up, Knowing

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• My father loved me so much that he did not want me to be a laborer or anything. I dont know if its the right thing to do - push your kids into something and then stay on them until they do it. Let them pick what they want to do.

  Joe Pesci

  Father, Kids, Want

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• I truly believe that God has given us few brain cells, and you have to direct them to the right things that make you happy.

  Ranbir Kapoor

  Believe, Cells, Brain

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• Anyone who says that softball is a boring game to watch isn't looking at the right things.

  Yvonne Zipter

  Softball, Sports, Baseball

  Yvonne Zipter (1988). “Diamonds Are a Dyke's Best Friend: Reflections, Reminiscences, and Reports from the Field on the Lesbian National Pastime”

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• I want to play a role of a 24-year-old woman, not 17-year-old girls. So I have picked a couple of films like 'Butter' to show that. And it's perfectly fine not to do anything for a year if I don't find the right thing.

  Ashley Greene

  Girl, Couple, Play

  "Ashley Greene: The Bombshell". Interview with Josh Patner, www.glamour.com. March 28, 2011.

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• The idea of being in a television series is a wonderful one to be considered, but you want to make sure it's the right thing for you because if you are fortunate enough to have something go for a long term, you want to make sure that it's something that you really want to be spending a bulk of your time on.

  Stephen Lang

  Ideas, Long, Television

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• They said, "You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people." And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates or not doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work.

  George W. Bush

  Humor, Issues, Voice

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• Doing the right things for the right reason in the right way is the key to Quality of Life!

  Stephen Covey

  Inspiration, Keys, Quality

  Stephen R. Covey, A. Roger Merrill, Rebecca R. Merrill (1995). “First Things First”, p.144, Simon and Schuster

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• Lingerie is one of the most important pieces of your wardrobe. You can have a wardrobe malfunction if you dont choose the right thing to wear underneath!

  Adriana Lima

  Important, Pieces, Lingerie

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• I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.

  Paul Watson

  Fighting, Warrior, Odds

  "Paul Watson: Sea Shepherd's stern 'warrior' defies Japanese whalers" by John Vidal, www.theguardian.com. January 9, 2010.

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• In their minds, the murderers and accomplices of Germany, and Poland, and Hungary, and so many, many other places didn't do something evil. They convinced themselves it was the right thing to do, the thing they had to do. That's what people do. And that should truly frighten us.

  James Comey

  People, Evil, Mind

  "Why I Require FBI Agents to Visit the Holocaust Museum". Speech at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, www.washingtonpost.com. April 16, 2015.

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• It's not about being mad at everything. It's about being really mad at the right things.

  Ice T

  Mad, Being Real, Being Mad

  Ice-T, Douglas Century (2011). “Ice: A Memoir of Gangster Life and Redemption-from South Central to Hollywood”, p.248, One World

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• Sorry wastes time. You have to live your life like you'll never be sorry. It's easier just to do the right thing from the start so there's nothing to apologize for.

  Jennifer Niven

  Sorry, Live Your Life, Waste

  Jennifer Niven (2015). “All the Bright Places”, p.129, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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