"No matter how successful you become you gotta keep grindin' and be a good person and then good things will come to you."
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"Don't dream of being a good person, be a human being is valuable and gives value to life."
"Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one."
"I would love to persuade Christopher Bailey to get even just a section of Burberry that's, like, organic or free trade. I love him, he's a very good person and an amazing designer, and I have a lot of respect and time for him."
"Being told that you are good at banter is like being told that you are a good person."
"But the truth of the matter is, to live a good life, as a good person, it doesn't matter how you got there. It just matters that you do."
"It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a house but only the idea of a house—and the person who had had the idea, she was certain, was not a good person."
"I'm a good person but a shitty writer. You're a shitty person but a good writer. We'd make a good team."
"I was a punk. I think that's why I'm such a good person now, because I was such a bad guy then."
"If the person laughs well, they are a good person."
"It's not enough to be a good person. You also have to show it."
"The habit of attending to small things and of appreciating small courtesies is one of the important marks of a good person."
"To speak ill of a good person is not truly good, all in all."
"I'm not a good person to have as an enemy; say nice things about me."
"A good person, striving dimly, Is well aware of the right path."
"I'm a good person," I said, "because I know what good people are supposed to act like, and I copy them."
"If you have a lair then you are probably not a good person."
"I'm usually sort of ambiguous in terms of whether I'm playing a good person or a bad person. I can walk that line of funny but also dark, and I'm happy doing that."
"A good person will feel guilty even before a dog."
"I'm such a perfectionist. I always feel overpraised or whatever. In the abstract, I know I'm a good person, a good professional. But it's nice to be noticed a little bit, ain't it?"
"I think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn."