Very Good Quotes - Page 26

• Without our suffering, our work would simply be social work, very good and helpful, but it would not be the work of Jesus Christ, not part of the Redemption.

  Mother Teresa

  Jesus, Suffering, Redemption

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• It is said that truth comes from the mouths of fools and children: I wish every good mind which feels an inclination for satire would reflect that the finest satirist always has something of both in him.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Children, Sarcasm, Mind

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook J 157, 1799.

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• It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner.

  Jack Nicholson

  Want, Dinner, Certain

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

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• Nothing very very good and nothing very very bad lasts for very very long.

  Douglas Coupland

  Time, Long, Lasts

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• Every good citizen should be willing to devote a brief time during some one day in the year, when necessary, to the making up of a listing of his income for taxes to contribute to his Government, not the scriptural tithe, but a small percentage of his net profits.

  Cordell Hull

  Government, Years, One Day

  Remarks in the House, Congressional Record, vol. 50, p. 505, April 26, 1913.

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• I just don't think I'm a very good singer.

  Kevin Kline

  Thinking, Singers

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• Democrats have become very good at electing very bad Republicans

  Ralph Nader

  Inspirational, Republican, Democrat

  Ralph Nader (2009). “The Good Fight: Declare Your Independence and Close the Democracy Gap”, p.29, Harper Collins

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• Children, daily practice of yoga or sun salutations (surya-namaskara) is very good for health and for spiritual practice. Lack of proper exercise is the cause of many of today's diseases. If we can get somewhere in time on foot, always walk instead of taking a vehicle. It is good exercise. Only if we have to go far should we depend on vehicles. Use a bicycle, whenever possible. This will save money, too.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Spiritual, Children, Yoga

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• To our knowledge, life exists on only one planet, Earth. If something bad happens, it's gone. I think we should establish life on another planet-Mars in particular-but we 're not making very good progress. SpaceX is intended to make that happen.

  Elon Musk

  Thinking, Moon, Progress

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• It's very good for an idea to be commonplace. The important thing is that a new idea should develop out of what is already there so that it soon becomes an old acquaintance. Old acquaintances aren't by any means always welcome, but at least one can't be mistaken as to who or what they are.

  Penelope Fitzgerald

  Mean, Ideas, Important

  Penelope Fitzgerald (1998). “The Gate of Angels”, p.202, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.

  Vidal Sassoon

  Mother, Would Be, Premonition

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• I think I'm a very good reader of poetry, but obviously, like everybody, I have a set of criteria for reading poems, and I'm not shy about presenting them, so if people ask for my critical response to a poem, I tell them what works and why, and what doesn't work and why.

  Diane Wakoski

  Reading, Thinking, People

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• My father passed away a couple of years ago, but he was very old. He was almost a 100 years old. And, you know, he had a very good life. He came to America and he had a good life.

  Christopher Walken

  Couple, Good Life, Father

  Interview With Jeff Otto, www.ign.com. October 6, 2004.

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• I have been in movies that I thought I wasn't very good in.

  Christopher Walken

  Has Beens

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I wasn't a very good waitress, always spilling things on people and forgetting things. I once spilled ashes all over Mike Wallace's table.

  Tracy Pollan

  People, Ashes, Tables

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• I'm not a writer, but I'm very good at editing. That's my specialty. I can read something and tell you everything that's wrong with it and what's great about it and what needs to change, but it's hard for me to organize my thoughts.

  Tracy Pollan

  Editing, Needs, Need A Change

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• I never did any training in journalism or in finance, so I really was in the deep end. I got very good at going to press conferences and nodding. I'd figure it out when I got back to the office. Charts and numbers. I've never been great with facts, ever, my whole life. For a journalist, that's not a very good trait.

  Sophie Kinsella

  Numbers, Office, Training

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• I was very careful to cast guys who were very good-looking and very fit and who had a certain sense of privilege about them, because with that sense of privilege comes contempt.

  Neil LaBute

  Guy, Privilege, Fit

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• I get enough sleep. I take very good care of myself. Growing up as a dancer, you know your body so well, you know what to do to overcome something.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Growing Up, Sleep, Dancer

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• I'm very good at meeting people, very outgoing.

  Jamie Bell

  People, Outgoing, Meetings

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• What I am finding now is that my audience is getting younger as I get older, which is a very good thing as you know - you don't want them to get older as you get older.

  Russell Banks

  Want, Good Things, Audience

  Interview with Robert I. Birnbaum, www.identitytheory.com. January 18, 2005.

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• I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.

  Saffron Burrows

  Stills

  "A hint of Saffron" by Tim Cooper, www.theguardian.com. May 4, 2002.

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• If I just produce the transparent ideal accepted by the Western experts, a process of privatization which will be very good but never happen, that means nothing.

  Anatoly Chubais

  Mean, Experts, Accepted

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• I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.

  Billy Crudup

  Hero, Thinking, Wish

  "Billy Crudup Bares All". Parade Interview, parade.com. March 3, 2009.

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• The thing about being at home versus being out in the world working is, it's a whole different vibe. When I'm home with my kids and partner, I will cook - even though she's a very good cook. She's learned over the years. We started with basics, you know, how to saute onions, how to saute mushrooms.

  Cat Cora

  Home, Kids, Years

  "Chef Cat Cora says "Bon Appetit" at Sundance". Interview with Jane Clark, www.reuters.com. January 20, 2009.

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