come from a good place

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Meaning: (idiomatic)To bemotivatedbydecency,kindness, or goodintentions.2009December 12, Natasha Singer, Duff Wilson, “Menopause, as Brought to You by Big Pharma”, inNew York Times, retrieved1 March 2014:“In the 1990s, there was actually tremendous pressure to put women on hormone therapy, and itcame from a good place,” Dr. Bates says.2011July 23, Barbara Ellen, “Lucian Freud treasured the pleasures of the flesh”, inThe Guardian/Observer, UK, retrieved1 March 2014:Ironically, this hesitation to condemncomes from a good place– the part of the British psyche that rightly prides itself on respecting other cultures.2013August 1, Claire Suddath, “Office Etiquette: The Farewell E-Mail”, inBusinessweek, retrieved1 March 2014:That gushing, glowing, 2,500-word goodbye e-mail doescome from a good place. That doesn't make it a good idea.2014February 16, Nick Duerden, “Laura Mvula: ‘I don't think I'm good at being a pop star’”, inThe Independent, UK, retrieved1 March 2014:[M]y anxiety was my body's way of trying to protect me, to look after me. So the impulse wascoming from a good place.

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