James Goldsmith Quotes
Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it only as a debt, which nothing but our merit could extort.
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I think, doing a first film, at some point you get halfway through, and you wonder, 'Is this is good enough to define who I am for the coming decade?'
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There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.
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There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.
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Silence is my dignity.
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I worry that we're not getting enough of the news that we need to make informed judgments as citizens.
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The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.
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In the Foo Fighters, my main job is to be the drummer, and that's enough.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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He who does without the praise of the crowd will not deny himself an opportunity to be his own adherent.
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If you don't have the money management skills yet, using a debit card will ensure you don't overspend and rack up debt on a credit card.
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There are two things that I cannot live without: music and books. Caffeine isn't dignified enough to qualify.
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I feel like I've been fortunate enough that I've gotten to meet and work with some really passionate people.
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Some praise me because I am a colored girl, and I don't want that kind of praise. I had rather you would point out my defects, for that will teach me something.
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It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime.
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When I was 13, I looked like I could play 16, and I wasn't mature enough to play 16.
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I'm just worried that there's enough beer on the bus. That's the top priority at all times.
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Dignity is not negotiable. Dignity is the honor of the family.
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Ultimately, if we can develop enough players, the balance of foreign players isn't great, but that's because we're not producing enough players.
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You might think and be so marvelously right about praise that you open your door one day and the day walks in and stays for years.
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My chicken ain't no joke. I ain't scared to go up against the Colonel, tastewise.
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A terminal diagnosis can really mess with your head. Honestly, it makes you want to run away to the moon. Many ALS patients want to fade away quietly. This was not for me.
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On the country has gathered the idea of a natural way of life: of peace, innocence, and simple virtue. On the city has gathered the idea of an achieved centre of learning, communication, light. Powerful hostile associations have also developed: on the city as a place of noise, worldliness and ambition; on the country as a place of backwardness, ignorance, limitation. A contrast between country and city, as fundamental ways of life, reaches back into classical times.
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Praise in the beginning is agreeable enough; and we receive it as a favor; but when it comes in great quantities, we regard it only as a debt, which nothing but our merit could extort.
