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“It is an observation of one of the profoundest inquirers into human affairs that a revolution of government is the strongest proof that can be given by a people of their virtue and good sense.”

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Book:The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Autobiography (cont.) Diary. Notes of a debate in the Senate of the United States. Essays: On private revenge. On self-delusion. On private revenge. Dissertation on the canon and the feudal law. Instructions of the town of Braintree to their representative, 1765. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford. Instructions of the town of Boston to their representatives, 1768. Instructions of the town of

Source: The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: Autobiography (cont.) Diary. Notes of a debate in the Senate of the United States. Essays: On private revenge. On self-delusion. On private revenge. Dissertation on the canon and the feudal law. Instructions of the town of Braintree to their representative, 1765. The Earl of Clarendon to William Pym. Governor Winthrop to Governor Bradford. Instructions of the town of Boston to their representatives, 1768. Instructions of the town of

“I move in a society so devoid of ordinary reality that I am continually stopping to teach good sense, to give support, to help out, as a young gangster might help an old lady across the street on his way to the stick-up.”

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Book:Five years

Source: Five years

“Giving in a regular, disciplined, generous way-up to and beyond the tithe-is simply good sense in view of the promises of God.”

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Author:John Piper

“Confidence and a good sense of humor can usually win a chick over.”

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Author:Danny McBride

“So there you have it: Nature is a rotten mess. But that's only the beginning. If you take your eyes off it for one second, it will kill you. Thorns, insects, fungus, worms, birds, reptiles, wild animals, raging rivers, bottomless ravines, dry deserts, snow, quicksand, tumbleweeds, sap, and mud. Rot, poison and death. That's Nature.It's a wonder you even step outside of your cabin, I said.My bravery exceeds my good sense, he said.”

Source: Mr. Monk in Trouble

“I think it's important to have a good sense of humor and joke around with your kids. That's what I do a lot.”

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Author:Stanley Tucci

“The people in Miami are so different from anywhere else I've been in America. They're so down to earth, really friendly, and quite self-effacing, with a good sense of humor. I'm not saying other parts of America don't have a sense of humor, but Miami maybe has to have a really good sense of humor for lots of different reasons, and it works. It works for me.”

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Author:Tracey Emin

“I enjoy watching a woman with really bad teeth and a good sense of humor struggling to use her lips and tongue to hide her teeth when she's laughing. I just stand there and tell her joke after joke after joke.”

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Book:Brain Droppings

Source: Brain Droppings

“For the purposes of life and conduct, and society, a little good sense is surely better than all this genius, and a little good humour than this extreme sensibility.”

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Book:The Letters of David Hume:

Source: The Letters of David Hume:

“I have a pretty good sense of when to express misgivings. And white critics are just as capable of pointing those things out and noticing them as people of color.”

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Author:Wesley Morris

“In Mexico, a poor country, higher education is of quite good quality -- and is free. Ten years ago the government tried to impose small fees. There was a national student strike and the government backed down. High tuition is not an economic necessity, as is easy to show, but a debt trap is a good technique of indoctrination and control. And resisting this makes good sense.”

“Comedy is difficult for an actor. But I think I have a good sense of humor and manage to make people laugh and make them happy.”

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Author:Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

“I don't look to my situation to determine what choices I make. I've developed a good sense of values and beliefs. That's my reality. No matter where I am, God is still good. No matter where I am, nothing is impossible. It's those sort of principles that really anchor me.”

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Author:Kelly Clark

“For some reason, I have better luck when I work with women. I guess I have a good sense of sisterhood.”

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Author:Dolly Parton

“A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.”

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Author:Jill Abramson

“Common sense is in spite of, not as the result of education.”

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Author:Victor Hugo

“I am persuaded myself that the good sense of the people will always be found to be the best army. They may be led astray for a moment, but will soon correct themselves. The people are the only censors of their governors; and even their errors will tend to keep these to the true principles of their institution.”

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Book:Jefferson: Political Writings

Source: Jefferson: Political Writings

“There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves.”

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Book:Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition

Source: Essays and Treatises on several subjects, etc. New edition

“Legibility, in practice, amounts simply to what one is accustomed to. But this is not to say that because we have got used to something demonstrably less legible than something else would be if we could get used to it, we should make no effort to scrap the existing thing. This was done by the Florentines and Romans of the fifteenth century; it requires simply good sense in the originators & good will in the rest of us.”

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Author:Eric Gill

“Our Constitution rests on the good sense and the respect of the American people.”

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Author:John Quincy Adams

“So when it came to making the movie I guess I had a really good sense innately of what it was that makes Halloween really great. In that it is a holiday for everybody now. When I was a kid I felt like it was mostly for kids, maybe that's just the way it always is when you're a kid, but I think now more than ever it's for grown ups too. When I was a kid I don't think there were quite as many sexy adult costumes and we definitely didn't have all these Spirit Halloween stores that pop up every October.”

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Author:Michael Dougherty

“There's such an odd, eclectic group of people that make up the town of Plymouth, New Hampshire. I don't think I could avoid not coming out of there with a pretty good sense of humor.”

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Author:Eliza Coupe

“I am a strong believer that as one moves toward the future, the strongest and clearest way to do it is if you have a good sense of your past. You cannot have a very tall tree without deep roots.”

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Author:Cesar Pelli

“All truth, in the long run, is only common sense clarified.”

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Book:American Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of Biology

Source: American Addresses, with a Lecture on the Study of Biology

“If I were the devil I should broadcast doubts about the truths and relevance and good sense and straightforwardness of the Bible ... At all costs I should want to keep them from using their minds in a disciplined way to get the measure of its message.”

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Author:J. I. Packer

“Something that is appealing is wars are terrible and ugly and hard and each conflict is different, but of every conflict I've ever gone to, I've also seen people being extraordinary in a good sense. It's not just a black and white extreme situation that pushes people to extremes and they do crazy bad stuff. You also see crazy brave stuff. You see humanity in a different light.”

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Author:Shaul Schwarz

“Love and a good sense of humour strengthen the entire body; remember your cells respond to your input.”

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Book:Path of Empowerment: Pleiadian Wisdom for a World in Chaos

Source: Path of Empowerment: Pleiadian Wisdom for a World in Chaos

“God does not love us because we are lovable, have a pleasing personality or a good sense of humor, or at rare times show exceptional kindness. In spite of who we are and what we have done, God wants to pour out His love on us, for the unlovable are also precious unto Him.”

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Author:David B. Haight

“When asked what are the top things on her list when looking for the right guy: Gorgeous, available - gotta be single, none of this messing about, good sense of humor, protective - definitely, confident - I mean because loads of guys won't put up with my kind of job.”

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Author:Dannii Minogue

“President Obama has a good sense not just of the economic requisites for financial crisis firefighting but also how you build political support for moving forward on reforming the financial system, making sure that the banks are carrying enough capital.”

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Author:Lael Brainard

“I'm really specific in the way that I shoot. I've always had a very good sense of what I need in the editing room.”

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Author:Jason Reitman

“Historic in a good sense, not historic in a sense of 'so we dropped bombs on everyone.”

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Author:Jon Stewart

“I like girls with a good sense of humor.”

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Author:Tyler Posey

“I could never be a lesbian because I have a really good sense of humor.”

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Author:Bonnie McFarlane

“I think that it's hard for vain people to be funny. I think you can look any way you want as long as you have a good sense of humor about yourself.”

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Author:Taran Killam

“Finally, good sense is the body of poetic genius, fancy its drapery, motion its life, and imagination the soul that is everywhere and in each; and forms all into one graceful and intelligent whole.”

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Book:The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poetry, Plays, Literary Essays, Lectures, Autobiography and Letters (Classic Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of the English poet, literary critic and philosopher, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel, Lyrical Ballads, Conversation Poems and Biographia Literaria

Source: The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poetry, Plays, Literary Essays, Lectures, Autobiography and Letters (Classic Illustrated Edition): The Entire Opus of the English poet, literary critic and philosopher, including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Khan, Christabel, Lyrical Ballads, Conversation Poems and Biographia Literaria

“I'm just a dog person. I love dogs very much, especially big ones, hounds, and retrievers. I think they are funny and often have good senses of humor. Plus, they give unconditional love.”

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Author:Arthur Bradford

“It was nice that you guys have such a good sense of humor, because some people don't have the ability to laugh at something.”

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Author:Owen Wilson

“I think somebody like Wes [Anderson] has a very good sense of style and is original. I think my sense of style got a little bit better after I was exposed to you guys at Valentino. Because I'm just in Hawaii and Malibu; it's just kind of T-shirts and surfing-type stuff.”