That moment you realize you are doing the right thing for the wrong reasons and the wrong thing for the right reasons.
I guess it's the curse of our generation, having to put aside our lives to do the right thing.
Don't worry about it. The right thing will come at the right time.
In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.
When I came into office, I could have kicked the can down the road for a little while, or I could do the right thing.
It is a sort of great Victorian truth that actually, trying to do the right thing is pretty good for you and pretty good for business as well, by and large.
Allah's the Arabic term for God. Stand up for God, fight for God, work for God and do the right thing, and go the right way, things will end up in your corner.
As an actor, you're trained to do the right thing, be politically correct, say your lines, say the right thing about the people you're working with.
It doesn't make sense to have to do the wrong thing in order to do the right thing.
We do the right things at the wrong time because we think we are doing the right thing and the wrong things at the wrong times simply because we want to.
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