Bette Davis
Actress
"You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good . . . Joan Crawford is dead. Good."
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Bad Things
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Richard Pryor
Comedian, Actor
"I had some great things and I had some bad things. The best and the worst . . . In other words, I had a life."
Mao Zedong
Politician, Revolutionary
"To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing."
Herbie Mann
Jazz Musician
"Being stubborn has helped, being selfish is not a bad thing."
Arthur Schopenhauer
Philosopher
"The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it."
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"An early taste of death is not necessarily a bad thing."
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"Don't waste your time thinkin' about bad things."
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"There is just no getting around that turning bad things into good things is up to you."
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"They say that I have no hits and that I'm difficult to work with. And they say that like it's a bad thing."
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"The truth is, bad things don't affect us as profoundly as we expect them to. That's true of good things, too. We adapt very quickly to either."
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"Vulnerability isn't a bad thing. Everyone's vulnerable and it only makes you human."
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"I'm no longer afraid of conflict, and I don't think conflict is a bad thing."
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"Most human beings will not stand in front of a stage and tell you about the bad things they did."
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"Making money isn't a bad thing at all - it allows for a lot more freedom."
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"Too much intensity can be a bad thing."
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"Running ain't no bad thing. Leastways if you run in the right direction."
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"Madness isn't altogether a bad thing in comedy."
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"You can say a lot of bad things about Alabama, but you can't say that Alabamans as a people are duly afraid of deep fryers."
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"A little mystery is not such a bad thing."
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