#good thing

The Divine wisdom has given us prayer, not as a means whereby to obtain the good things of earth, but as a means whereby we learn to do without them; not as a means whereby we escape evil, but as a means whereby we become strong to meet it. ↗

— Frederick William Robertson

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Every country we conquer feeds us. And these are just a few of the good things we'll have when this war is over. Slaves working for us everywhere while we sit back with a fork in our hands and a whip on our knees. ↗

— Curt Siodmak

#conquer #country #every #everywhere #feeds

I had to learn, really, how to rein in my energies and discipline myself. And I found it very very useful. I rebelled against it at first, but it's a good thing to have. ↗

— Patti Smith

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But I found that disappointing people is a good thing, because disapproval is freedom. ↗

— Demetri Martin

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I always thought a very strong anti-drug policy was a good thing for my union members. ↗

— Stephen F. Lynch

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And I had an old-fashioned idea that dividends were a good thing. ↗

— James MacArthur

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Good things happen when you meet strangers. ↗

— Yo-Yo Ma

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The good thing about Broadway is that you don't have to worry about an airdate. It gets done when it gets done. ↗

— Seth MacFarlane

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I spend a lot of time at my son's school and I really wanted to do a movie that the kids could see. The good thing about being my age and not having to be the ingenue anymore is that I get to be a mom. I get to have kids in my movies. ↗

— Virginia Madsen

#age #anymore #being #could #get

The more the UK feels distanced from European construction the less others are able to benefit from the full influence of the many good things that the UK can help us all to achieve, and therefore there are many areas where I think it would be beneficial to have the UK fully at the table. ↗

— Mario Monti

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