Morgan Freeman
Actor, Narrator
"If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount of luck in your life, it's a good thing to turn around and make it work for others."
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Good Things
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Mao Zedong
Politician, Revolutionary
"To Be Attacked by the Enemy Is Not a Bad Thing but a Good Thing."
Guy de Maupassant
Novelist
"There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress."
Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
"So often, a visit to a bookshop has cheered me, and reminded me that there are good things in the world."
Willie Nelson
Musician, Actor
"...when you put your life in a good place, good things follow."
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"Immigration is a good thing. We should make that as easy as possible."
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"Don't let anyone make you feel that you don't deserve the good things that happen in your life"
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"I did some good things as a rookie."
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"Envy has been, is, and shall be, the destruction of many. What is there, that Envy hath not defamed, or Malice left undefiled? Truly, no good thing."
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"Before you reject an idea, find at least five good things about it."
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"Too much of a good thing is just about right"
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"All good things must one day be burnt to the ground for the insurance money."
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"The next best thing to saying a good thing yourself is to quote one."
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"In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by."
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"I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing."
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"When you work hard, good things happen"
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"A good thing which prevents us from enjoying a greater good is in truth an evil."
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"Every good thing in the world stands on the razor-edge of danger."
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"If you want to understand science, you have to understand math. In business, if you're enumerate, you're going to be a klutz. The good thing about business is that you don't have to know any higher math."
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"If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise," said the seer. "If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer greatly before they even occur."
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"There is only one good thing in life, and that is love."
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"I believe in the Bible. I believe that all good things come from God. I don't believe I'd sing the way I do if God hadn't wanted me to.'"
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"Good is always a good thing."
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"But you will admit that it's a good thing to be alive."
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"Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to mankind - the ironic part is that it's presented as a good thing, and its effect is absolutely catastrophic to individuals and to societies."
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