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Probably the worst time in a person's life is when they have to kill a family member because they are the devil. But otherwise it's been a pretty good day.
Emo Philips

Life, Family, Time

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
William Blake

Great, Bad, Between

I've gone for each type: the rough guy; the nerdy, sweet, lovable guy; and the slick guy. I don't really have a type. Men in general are a good thing.
Jennifer Aniston

Men, Lovable, Sweet

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning.
Salvador Dali

Power, Alone, Creative

Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents.
Arthur Schopenhauer

Time, Read, Books

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Heart, Evil, Through

To reach something good it is very useful to have gone astray, and thus acquire experience.
Saint Teresa of Avila

Experience, Gone, Useful

A good system shortens the road to the goal.
Orison Swett Marden

Goal, Road, System

In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
Salvador Dali

Respect, Love, Great

For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.
John Sununu

Positive, Government, Talk

I was in enough to get along with people. I was never socially inarticulate. Not a loner. And that saved my life, saved my sanity. That and the writing. But to this day I distrust anybody who thought school was a good time. Anybody.
Stephen King

Life, Time, School

We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.
Barbara Jordan

Tell, Nation, Public

I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.
Donald Trump

Living, Looking, Satisfied

I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil. Those of us who have had experience with Islam understand this, just as we understand the difference between snake handlers and people going to church on Sunday morning.
P. J. O'Rourke

Religion, Morning, Experience

The four characteristics of humanism are curiosity, a free mind, belief in good taste, and belief in the human race.
E. M. Forster

Mind, Human, Free

I went to my son's graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I've never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it's the good people who don't speak out.
Hamilton Jordan

Great, Graduation, Bad

The beginning of a friendship, the fact that two people out of the thousands around them can meet and connect and become friends, seems like a kind of magic to me. But maintaining a friendship requires work. I don't mean that as a bad thing. Good art requires work as well.
Charles de Lint

Friendship, Work, Art

A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
Vincent Van Gogh

Picture, Deed, Equivalent

Greek philosophy seems to have met with something with which a good tragedy is not supposed to meet, namely, a dull ending.
Karl Marx

Philosophy, Seems, Meet

Being in a rock band is about touring. It's about writing songs and it's about making records but it's also about taking a wonderful smile onto that stage and making the people feel good about themselves.
James Young

Smile, Rock, Writing

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Mind, Makes, Desire

I feel beautiful when I'm at peace with myself. When I'm serene, when I'm a good person, when I've been considerate of others.
Elle Macpherson

Peace, Beautiful, Person

Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability.
Ho Chi Minh

Strength, Remember, Storm

Bear and endure: This sorrow will one day prove to be for your good.
Ovid

Sympathy, Sorrow, Prove

Let's not be afraid to speak the common sense truth: you can't have high standards without good discipline.
William Hague

Truth, Sense, Afraid

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