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I think there is something in my books that says these are people doing their best under difficult circumstances - sometimes they do wrong things and make mistakes, but who doesn't? And who wants to read about somebody who never does?

— Sonya Hartnett

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

People, for reasons of their own, often fail to do things that would be good for them or good for society.

— John Roberts

Some people have such a talent for making the best of a bad situation that they go around creating bad situations so they can make the best of them.

— Jean Kerr

People who make no mistakes lack boldness and the spirit of adventure. They are the brakes on the wheels of progress.

— Dale Turner

People who enjoy what they are doing invariably do it well.

— Joe Gibbs

Very few people do bad things because they're bad. They generally do bad things because they think they're the right thing to do, but they're misplaced.

— Paul Greengrass

No matter how bad the individual, everybody has reasons for why they do what they do.

— Chris Pine

There are a lot of people who are doing wonderful things, quietly, with no motive of greed, or hostility toward other people, or delusions of superiority.

— Charles Kuralt

I feel that people are basically trying to do their best in the world. Even when you see people making mistakes, you understand why they're making a mistake. Everybody has flaws, everybody has demons, everybody has ghosts, but I think you watch people and you see everybody trying to do their best.

— Jason Katims

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

— Dale Carnegie

People that I know, the vast majority, who are successful work really, really hard. Sure, there's some people that either get lucky or inherited it or don't have to work hard for some reason, but the vast majority who are successful work really, really hard.

— Will Packer

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