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Quotes About Better

People have long assumed that violence is necessary for political change. Rulers never cede power voluntarily, the argument goes, so progressives have no choice but to contemplate the use of force to bring about a better world, mindful of the trade-off between a small amount of violence now and acceptance of an unjust status quo indefinitely.
~ Steven Pinker
I think what Trump will be judged on by the folks that voted for him... is whether things start to get a little bit better over the next few years. And ultimately, that doesn't depend on whether Jeff Sessions is the attorney general.
~ J. D. Vance
I respect the president. He and I have a difference of opinion on how to help the country we both love. But the question each of us wants the voters to answer is who will be the better president, not who is the better American.
~ Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Voters are smart. They know the difference between a Democratic Party that wants their vote and a Democratic Party that believes in making their life better. They'll forgive you for pushing a policy they don't like as long as they believe you're doing it because you genuinely believe it's what's best for the country.
~ Jason Kander
While romanticizing the Senate of yore would be a mistake, it was certainly better in my father's time.
~ Evan Bayh
There are expectations with sequels, and people want them to be bigger and better than the prequel.
~ James Wan
We are all better served by objectively diagnosing trolls so they can change.
~ Greg Gutfeld
For all of our darker impulses, for all of our shortcomings, and for all of the dreams denied and deferred, the experiment begun so long ago, carried out so imperfectly, is worth the fight. There is, in fact, no struggle more important, and none nobler, than the one we wage in the service of those better angels who, however besieged, are always ready for battle.
~ Jon Meacham
Feeling pain is still better than not feeling, isn't it?
~ Jonathan Safran Foer
que el presente sea aún mejor que el pasado, no significa que yo no tenga que elaborar el duelo.
~ Jorge Bucay
Had art indeed depended on experience as much as the critical profession wants us to believe, we'd have far more – and far better – art on our hands than we do. A poet is always the product of his – that is, his nation's – language, to which living experiences are what logs are to fire
~ Joseph Brodsky
Can the circle be unbrokenBye and bye, Lord, bye and byeThere's a better home a-waitingIn the sky, Lord, in the sky.
~ A. P. Carter
We should be proud that our Prophet came into the world with the message of Islam to change it for the better, and not for the worse, or to keep things as they are.
~ Abu Bakar Bashir
Were there always to be more damage, damage would be an aspect of perfection. We would all be angels, one-legged and faceless, seething with endless, hopeless praise. Bless Adonai for making us better than angels. Blessed is Adonai for making us human.
~ Adam Levin
It is now conventional wisdom that Americans do not care why we went to war in Iraq, that it is enough that the world is better off without Saddam Hussein.
~ Adam Schiff
Change is inevitable. Change for the better is a full-time job.
~ Adlai E. Stevenson
I can't do anything better than Pat White. I love that dude. Was an honor to be on his team in college.
~ Pat McAfee
As medical data has such power to deliver better understanding of disease and better patient outcomes, it is important we find the best way of sharing it.
~ Mark Walport
I'm not really a director for hire. You read these scripts and go, 'This is a really great script, but Paul Greengrass would make this so much better than me.' I usually say, 'I know who would be good for this. It's not me.'
~ Stephen Daldry
The convergence of the Rhone and Saone. Paul Bocuse. The birthplace of cinema. Chateauneuf-du-Pape just a few miles down the road. It does not get much better than Lyon.
~ Leonard Slatkin
I overthink everything. I'm very keen there should be a positive outcome. I like to control outcomes. But you can't. That's what is nice about being an actor, that you work really hard and it pays off. But at the end of the day, for it to be any good, you have to let go. I'd like to be better at this in life.
~ Bertie Carvel
Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance.
~ Carles Puigdemont
I think people change, but the media, they never allowed me to change. They never allowed me to be a better person.
~ Terrell Owens
My dad's one of my biggest heroes. I also think Paul Newman's an inspiration. I know a lot of people say that, but I love that he's a great role model and a humanitarian. I admire people who don't necessarily want to change the world, but try to make it a better environment.
~ Alex Pettyfer