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The public airwaves provide a chance to affirm we want to be a good, decent people; a good, decent nation.


Charles W. Pickering

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IFZAL ALI When people begin to define the things that they believe in, based upon the exclusion of all the thi...
C. JOYBELL C. The outstanding thing about my father to me anyway was just what a good and decent person he was. He...
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APURVA GAGLANI If given an opportunity to head an establishment,resite this "A good name will last better for my fa...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) If you have inherited a bad name from your parent,edit it,by becoming good,but if you are lucky to h...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Diamond & platinum are the obstacles that always stand in the way of a good name.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Let us endeavor to have a good name,for in so doing we are sowing good seeds,that will one day be ha...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) During times of sour or bad relationship a good person will always exhibit a pleasant character.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name is a more bankable & valuable inheritance than diamond & platinum.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name will open doors that diamond & platinum dare not.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name can open ways for your great grand children.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) A good name is the only insurance we need against the monster called poverty.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The best inheritance a man can leave for his children is not diamond & platinum,but a good name.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) All the riches in life are incomparable to a good name.
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Even if other things remains unspoken in your life,a good name will continually speak for you, even ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) We've got a chance to be a decent defense. We're not there yet.
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GAIL CARRIGER The public has always expected me to be a playboy, and a decent chap never lets his public down.
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FRANCES O'GRADY We just want a decent raise.
KATHY PAUL I'd like to be remembered as a nice guy and a fairly decent player. I know I'm not a Hall of Fame go...
CHARLES COODY Some people never take a chance and never know what it's like to live life to the full.
CHLOE THURLOW I don't want to miss out on the chance of having a good time.
VICTOR WEBSTER We try to provide decent, safe housing at an affordable rent.
KRISTIN ZACCARIA good and decent man.
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BOB EHRLICH Yesterday, every bite I got was a decent one. I'm going to change and fish some new areas [today] an...
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LEWIS N. ROE Naturalistic atheism debunks itself. It has no power to explain even some of the most basic principl...
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STEVEN MOFFAT People themselves makes a lots of mistakes and still loves himself, and they never forget a single m...
OM BENIWAL You can not change what happened or bring back the past. But you can change the future by being stro...
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LARRY PERUZZI It would have been a good year to be halfway decent. Any other year, we're in it right now.
TODD HELTON You know," Daddy said, "it's some that can live their whole life out without asking about it and it'...
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ELLIOT MABEUSE The law doesn't provide remotely enough to finance affordable decent coverage.
ALAN SAGER We clearly do have, I think, an obligation. Not because of something we did in the past, but because...
CHESTER CROCKER This is our last good, decent shot. Financially this is a decent deal, but if they don't perform, it...
FRANK MELTON Then the truth is this: a good man can only aspire to be worthy of a good woman. She'll always be ou...
JAMES ANDERSON Creepy people do the things that decent people want to do, but have decided are not a great idea.
MIKE BIRBIGLIA We must recognize the fact that adequate food is only the first requisite for life. For a decent and...
NORMAN BORLAUG We wanted him to play. We thought we had a chance to have a decent team, and we knew he was a big pa...
DANA ALTMAN There's still a decent chance to get the deal through. I'd peg it at 50-50.
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MARIANA FULGER He who must travel happily must travel light.
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UNKNOWN I hope people remember me as a good and decent man. And if they do, then that's success.
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-- by John VanDyke Wilmerding II

this is my letter to a young ...
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RALPH W. SOCKMAN Love is the outreach of self toward completion.
RALPH W. SOCKMAN What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but ...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.
GEORGE W. BUSH Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.
W. EDWARDS DEMING In Japan, a company worker's position is secure. He is retrained for another job if his present ...
W. EDWARDS DEMING You should not ask questions without knowledge.
W. EDWARDS DEMING Declining productivity and quality means your unit production costs stay high but you don't have...
W. EDWARDS DEMING The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with ...
W. EDWARDS DEMING Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.
W. EDWARDS DEMING When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
W. EDWARDS DEMING The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
W. EDWARDS DEMING We are here to make another world.
W. EDWARDS DEMING People with targets and jobs dependent upon meeting them will probably meet the targets - even if th...
W. EDWARDS DEMING I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
W. C. FIELDS There are only two real ways to get ahead today - sell liquor or drink it.
W. C. FIELDS Ah, the patter of little feet around the house. There's nothing like having a midget for a butle...
W. C. FIELDS If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. There's no point in being a damn f...
W. C. FIELDS I was in love with a beautiful blonde once. She drove me to drink. That's the one thing I'm ...
W. C. FIELDS Never try to impress a woman, because if you do she'll expect you to keep up the standard for th...
W. C. FIELDS A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her.
W. C. FIELDS No doubt exists that all women are crazy; it's only a question of degree.
W. C. FIELDS The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep.
W. C. FIELDS It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
W. C. FIELDS If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bull.
W. C. FIELDS Writing is the supreme solace.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, on...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM I'll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell... their heart's in the right place...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of ligh...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.
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