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Most people are overconfident about their own abilities. That is probably a good thing. But we would be horrified if a physician's aide engaged in heart surgery. ↗

— Andrew Lo

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It's not a good thing to be friends with people you're covering. There's just no point in doing it. It's tempting, but they're not going to consider you their friend anyway. They just know that you're somebody that can do something for them. ↗

— Kurt Loder

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However things may seem, no evil thing is success and no good thing is failure. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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In fact, in more cases than not, when we are rational, we're actually unhappy. Emotion is good; passion is good. Being into what we're into, provided that it's a healthy pursuit, it's a good thing. ↗

— Frank Luntz

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Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless it is kept under control. ↗

— Don Marquis

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Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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I think I was programmed to do good things when I came into the majors. I knew how to play. ↗

— Willie Mays

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The one good thing about television is the money; you can make a lot more money than in newspapers. ↗

— Will McDonough

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While we remain a nation decisively shaped by religious faith, our politics and our culture are, in the main, less influenced by movements and arguments of an explicitly Christian character than they were even five years ago. I think this is a good thing - good for our political culture. ↗

— Jon Meacham

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