"I may be good for nothing, but I'm never bad for nothing."

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Source : Sydney Biddle Barrows, William Novak (1987). “Mayflower Madam: The Secret Life of Sydney Biddle Barrows”, Ivy Books

Sydney Biddle Barrows

#May Quotes #Be Good Quotes

“I was deeply uncertain of who I was and who I wanted to be. I really thought I wanted to be a much cooler guy than what I was.”
“A lot of people tend to chew up the scenery. I'm a firm believer in less is more, especially on the big screen.”
“If you try to breastfeed and it's not working, then you don't feel particularly good about yourself.”

Source : "Denise Van Outen: 'I was bullied for not breastfeeding'". www.mirror.co.uk. October 10, 2010.
“People recognize me wherever I go, where it used to be just New York. I guess people who aren't even baseball fans watch the World Series. I was driving down the freeway in Los Angeles over the winter and a guy pulled up next to me and gave me the finger.”
“Often, when I later listened to the tapes of the interview I would hear that I would rush in to break the silence. The worst is when you ask a question and don't let them answer by saying, "Of course, it's probably because of blah, blah, blah." And you go on and on and then they say, "Yes." So you don't get a quote from them.”
“Money is just an idea.”
“I hate horror movies! I avoid them like the plague. I don't like getting scared.”

Source : "Q&A: Danai Gurira, The Walking Dead's Newest Badass". Interview with T. J. Kosinski, www.esquire.com. October 12, 2012.
“There's always going to be bad stuff out there. But here's the amazing thing -- light trumps darkness, every time. You stick a candle into the dark, but you can't stick the dark into the light.”

Source : Jodi Picoult (2012). “The Jodi Picoult Collection #4: Change of Heart, Handle with Care, and House Rules”, p.356, Simon and Schuster

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