#good

Sometimes when I think how good my book can be, I can hardly breathe. ↗

— Truman Capote

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My mother was a good mistress to her servants, taking care of them in their sicknesses, not sparing any cost she was able to bestow for their recovery. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

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I hope I am remembered by my children as a good father. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

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Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established. ↗

— George Carlin

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There's a reason why every human society has fiction. It teaches us how to be 'good,' to behave in a way that is for the benefit of the whole community. ↗

— Orson Scott Card

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One of the saddest realities is that we never know when our lives are at their peak. Only after it is over and we have some kind of perspective do we realize how good we had it a day, a month, five years ago. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

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Beer is not a good cocktail-party drink, especially in a home where you don't know where the bathroom is. ↗

— Billy Carter

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It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness. ↗

— Lee Iacocca

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Most of us don't have to worry about being shot of we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the people I'm writing about are definitely not comfortable, and being shot while they're still inside is a good possibility. ↗

— Octavia Butler

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