Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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I want to do my hard dives really well, I want to see what my true potential in this sport really is. I want to grasp that.
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If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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Mindsets, skills and leadership, experience and access, and critical consciousness - we need all four of these things for our students to be the leaders, people and citizens we want them to be.
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I didn't want to be one of those arty nutcases.
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I think fashion is actually very good training for being in the tech world, because it's all about moving on to the next thing, looking for the next thing, not getting stuck in the past.
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What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists.
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What I'm most pleased about is that there's no particular decline. The songs I wrote 40 years ago are no worse and no better - there's a consistency.
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The political world is a dark place. If you want to portray it accurately, authentically, you've got to turn out the lights from time to time.
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In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.
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Every time I go out there and compete, my number is, of course, $100 million or better.
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Having been raised by actors who love moral ambiguity and flawed protagonists, I feel like it's sort of in the blood to want to take it on.
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If there's anything that would unite the world, it would be music.
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A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.
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In the Year 2000 due to the declining number of champions in the world, Wheaties will change its slogan to 'Breakfast of Sexual Deviants.
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If I'm an ass, I should say so. If I don't, somebody else will. If I say it first, that disarms them.
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At 50$ per barrel of oil we shall lose about three trillion rubles of budget income.
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I have a big gay and lesbian following and they've been very loyal and kind to me.
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It’s your one last chance,” said Harry, “it’s all you’ve got left. . . .I’ve seen what you’ll be otherwise. . . . Be a man . . . try . . . Try for some remorse. . . .
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
