 My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places. Author: A. A. Milne
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| Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste. Author: A. C. Benson
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| Great literature should do some good to the reader: must quicken his perception though dull, and sharpen his discrimination though blunt, and mellow the rawness of his personal opinions. Author: A. E. Housman
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| A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.' Author: A. P. Martinich
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| I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person. Author: Aaliyah
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| Directors, producers can make you look good or make you look bad. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| It makes me feel good that I can now sit there and go, I've worked with Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, all the great actors that I've worked with... Sir Ben Kingsley. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness. Author: Aaron Eckhart
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| Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright. Author: Aaron Sorkin
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| It's important to remember that, first and foremost, if not only, this is entertainment. "The West Wing" isn't meant to be good for you. Author: Aaron Sorkin
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| Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out. Author: Aaron Spelling
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| Of course, I'm not allowed to talk about the script, but I can say it is a really good story. Author: Aaron Stanford
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| I feel like after acting, the other half of why I love this business is the opportunity to work with and meet people who inspire you. That it pays my rent is a good bonus. Author: Aaron Yoo
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| I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf. Author: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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| So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good. Author: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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| We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage. Author: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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| Well, there are other aspects, I still command very good support in the party. Author: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
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| One day of practice is like one day of clean living. It doesn't do you any good. Author: Abe Lemons
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| If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it. Author: Abraham Cahan
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| Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth. Author: Abraham Cahan
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| Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| Whatever you are, be a good one. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion. Author: Abraham Lincoln
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| He that is good with a hammer tends to think everything is a nail. Author: Abraham Maslow
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| The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior. Author: Abraham Maslow
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| You must never throw away things that are worth good money. Author: Abraham Polonsky
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| But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media. Author: Abu Bakar Bashir
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| Be good to others, that will protect you against evil. Author: Abu Bakr
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| Every day, nay every moment, try to do some good deed. Author: Abu Bakr
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| Good actions are a guard against the blows of adversity. Author: Abu Bakr
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| Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice. Author: Abu Bakr
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| Finding a good band is Iike finding a good wife. You got to keep trying till you find the right one. Author: Ace Frehley
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| I've never read anything about heroin where, yeah, it's a good experience, and you can do it for 20 years and enjoy it, like having a cold beer. It doesn't work that way with heroin. Author: Ace Frehley
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| The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had. Author: Ace Frehley
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| Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything. Author: Ad Reinhardt
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| I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody. Author: Adam Arkin
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| The place was crawling with youngsters. It was good, because the kids were good. I can't make a general assumption. Again, you're probably getting, as a general theme from me, that I don't make a lot of broad, sweeping rules about movies. Author: Adam Arkin
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| We all look to have transcendent experiences that lift us out of the everyday, and fear is a good one. But, I think it's the same reason why people want to laugh their heads off. Author: Adam Arkin
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| If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants. Author: Adam Clarke
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| Let it ever be remembered that genuine faith in Christ will ever be productive of good works; for this faith worketh by love, as the apostle says, and love to God always produces obedience to his holy laws. Author: Adam Clarke
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| Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck. Author: Adam Clymer
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| I'm not a good guitar player. Author: Adam Jones
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| The small businessman is smart; he realizes there's no free lunch. On the other hand, he knows where to go to get a good inexpensive sandwich. Author: Adam Osborne
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| We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have to have a good product. Author: Adam Osborne
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| With bundled machines you can throw away the hardware and keep the software, and it's still a good buy. Author: Adam Osborne
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| Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon! Author: Adam Pascal
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| I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor. Author: Adam Pascal
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| Actually, we got signed in November of 2000 with Dreamworks which is the most amazing label. We have friends on other labels and though we are not selling millions of records, yet, they treat us with tons of respect and give us some very good guidance. Author: Adam Rich
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| Musicians don't respect a lot of the stuff that is on TRL and a lot of musicians think that stuff on the radio is not good musically so when musicians say that they like us it obviously feels good. Author: Adam Rich
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| That was our first major tour and we got a chance to play in front of like 5000 people every day so it was like a Rock and Roll boot camp for us really, we learned a lot and made a lot of good friends. Author: Adam Rich
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| I think a good MP is someone who cares for their community and becomes their champion, which is why I will make my home in any seat I am lucky enough to be selected for. Looks play no part in the equation, what matters is your ideas and connecting them to the electorate. Author: Adam Rickitt
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| The duty of responsibility placed on any MP is one of the greatest honours that can be bestowed and I for one don't believe the Conservative Party would abuse that trust by selecting someone who did not have the goods to do the job, just for the sake of media coverage. Author: Adam Rickitt
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| Chemistry can be a good and bad thing. Chemistry is good when you make love with it. Chemistry is bad when you make crack with it. Author: Adam Sandler
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| Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle. Author: Adam Sandler
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| The problem with me, as far as getting married and having a family, is that my comedy is so important to me. So I don't know if I'll ever be as good a dad as my dad. Author: Adam Sandler
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| I have some ideas on how to fix that. They're not very good ideas, but at least they're ideas! Author: Adam Savage
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| My dignity and good television - they'll never meet. Author: Adam Savage
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| I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good. Author: Adam Smith
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| Poor David Hume is dying fast, but with more real cheerfulness and good humor and with more real resignation to the necessary course of things, than any whining Christian ever dyed with pretended resignation to the will of God. Author: Adam Smith
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| My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults. Author: Adam Weishaupt
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| Your days are short here; this is the last of your springs. And now in the serenity and quiet of this lovely place, touch the depths of truth, feel the hem of Heaven. You will go away with old, good friends. And don't forget when you leave why you came. Author: Adlai E. Stevenson
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| Nine g's is good, if the pilot can stand it. We couldn't stand it. Not in the airplanes of World War II. Author: Adolf Galland
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| What good fortune for governments that the people do not think. Author: Adolf Hitler
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| Giving people what they want isn't just good radio; it's also the right way to run a country. Author: Adrian Cronauer
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| The concept that you cannot own the airwaves has caused far more harm than good. Author: Adrian Cronauer
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| From the stage I've seen people of all ages absolutely roaring at really good toilet humour. Author: Adrian Edmondson
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| There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag. Author: Adrian Edmondson
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| I use rock and jazz and blues rhythms because I love that music. I hope my poetry has a relationship with good-time rock'n roll. Author: Adrian Mitchell
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| Be sure what you want and be sure about yourself. Fashion is not just beauty, it's about good attitude. You have to believe in yourself and be strong. Author: Adriana Lima
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| When I see myself on film it makes me smile, I mean making a good living doing what I enjoy is soo much fun. I just hope that everyone has the chance to enjoy life like I do. Author: Adrienne Barbeau
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| By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water. Author: Aeschylus
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| If a man suffers ill, let it be without shame; for this is the only profit when we are dead. You will never say a good word about deeds that are evil and disgraceful. Author: Aeschylus
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| It is good even for old men to learn wisdom. Author: Aeschylus
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| Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel. Author: Aeschylus
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| There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls. Author: Aeschylus
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| Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune. Author: Aeschylus
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| What good is it to live a life that brings pains? Author: Aeschylus
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| It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. Author: Aesop
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| The thing that's good about Hip Hop is that it has experimented with a lot of different sounds and music. Author: Afrika Bambaataa
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| Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it. Author: Agatha Christie
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| The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn. Author: Agatha Christie
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| A good education is usually harmful to a dancer. A good calf is better than a good head. Author: Agnes de Mille
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| In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well. This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies. Author: Ahmed Ben Bella
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| The way this whole novel thing came together was, I sold them one bill of goods and then didn't communicate very well. I am like Captain Run-on Sentence. Author: Ahmet Zappa
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| I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good enough. So my response was to just not be able to write anymore. I know that's not the healthiest of responses. Author: Aimee Mann
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| In the '70s, everybody thought drugs were just good times. People didn't really know about drug addiction, or that such a thing existed. When I grew up in the '70s I thought you had to take drugs. It was almost like I didn't think you had a choice. Author: Aimee Mann
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| It's more important for me to have a good record with good music and be part of a movie that's good and where the music is used in a really great way. That's the important thing. The other stuff you want to say about it, I don't care. Author: Aimee Mann
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| You know, it's about getting out there and having a good time. Not about worrying - all these young books for women are like I'm 29 with a closet full of Prada shoes and I can't get a date. Come on. Author: Aisha Tyler
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| As far as I know, if you take your time, write a good script and make a good film, then give the audience time, they will accept it. Author: Ajay Devgan
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| The difference being that in films, unlike in life, good does always win over evil in the end. Author: Ajay Devgan
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| It is important to tell good stories. You can tell stories even if they are not huge, epic, and wonderful. You can still take the responsibility for being a scribe of your tribe. Author: Ajay Naidu
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| And I gave this directive to them, that if they free our assets in the United States, that would be a sign of goodwill. I have the same idea this time. Author: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
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| Goodwill can be indicated in various ways. I raised that particular example because at that time I was in charge. Today, I'm not in a position to present other possibilities. Author: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
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| The important matter is freedom. When the people choose what they want, it is good for them and for us. Author: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
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| We do not trust the goodwill of the U.S. They have cut the ties. Author: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
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| When I talk about the assets, that was at the beginning of the talks. I was president then. I'm not president now. When I said it, this would be a sign of goodwill to begin the talks. Author: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
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| Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good. Author: Akira Kurosawa
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| I'm good at reading people. Author: Al Alvarez
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