Partly, I like a bad reputation. But I also want a reputation of being a good person.
A good person, striving dimly, Is well aware of the right path.
I'm a good person. In most ways. But I'm beginning to think that being a good person in most ways doesn't count for anything very much, if you're a bad person in one way.
It seemed to Coraline that it was crouching, and staring down at her, as if it were not really a house but only the idea of a house—and the person who had had the idea, she was certain, was not a good person.
No, not me.I'm not a good person or a bad person.I'm just here to kill things.
Vin shook her head. "No, not me. I'm not a good person or a bad person. I'm just here to kill things." OreSeur watched her for a moment, then settled back down. "Regardless," he said, "you are not my worst master. That is, perhaps, a compliment among our people.
The characters you refer to as predatory and unsavory are useful. They're the ones who make a novel into a thriller. They're active, and most of the common virtues, the signs of a good person, are not.
I think generally I'm a pretty good person if I had to grade myself. Or toot my own horn.
I believe that engaging in the political process is part of being a good person.
Don't dream of being a good person, be a human being is valuable and gives value to life.