Being nice Quote by Matthew Quick

“People should be nice to you, Leonard. You're a human being. You should expect people to be nice.”

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I grew up in a blue-collar neighborhood and was raised by a man who did not emote, ever... I always cry at movies, and…

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Life is not a PG feel-good movie. Real life often ends badly. Literature tries to document this reality, while showing us it is still…

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Maybe my movie isn't over, I say, because sometimes moviemakers trick the audience with a false bad ending, and just when you think the…

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“Like maybe he really, truly believes I'm worth listening to, worth saving.”

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...I am now watching the movie of my life as I live it.

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You need to make time for family no matter what happens in your life.

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When she needed help most, she was abandoned.

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I am so happy. I am so impossibly happy.

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“the only way you could meet my crazy was by doing something crazy for yourself”

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When I travel round the country, people can't place my accent; if there's someone in the audience, they'll be like, 'You're from Philadelphia', but…

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“Empiezo a comprender que tenemos una clase de amistad en la que no se necesitan muchas palabras.”

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When she needed help most, she was abandoned--and only when she offered help to others was she beloved.

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He put his arms around her. “Well, in my defense, then, whatever I did seemed to work, didn't it?” She sighed. “I suppose.” “You…

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Somewhere where people aren't so mad would be nice, but I don't know if there is anywhere like that.

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Most of the people I know who were raised to be accommodating or were raised to just be nice and put everybody's needs ahead…

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“When we are nice to others, we generally lose all claim to their respect.”

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Being nice from now on, leaving the old BS where it's at.

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I can see that I imagine all kinds of rejection that never happens. I can see that I beg and plead for love that is freely offered because I somehow believe that if I don't ask for it, everyone will forget about me: I will be a little kid sent off to sleep-away camp whose parents forget to meet her…

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