Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
You will always find that those are most apt to boast of national merit, who have little or not merit of their own to depend on . . .
Oliver Goldsmith
Quotes to Explore
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
Pamela Meyer
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I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I reveal myself. That's the show now.
Eddie Murphy
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Honestly, there's so many great benefits of wearing a kilt: It's very free, it's got its own aeration, and they're very comfortable.
Sam Heughan
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All of a sudden, if you think about the entire ecosystem of connected devices that can pull down information, access content and allow me to share and work and communicate, the vast majority now are not Windows computers. They are iPhones. They are iPads. They are Android devices.
Aaron Levie
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'Gorilla Man' is a composite of a few individuals, but the song itself was actually inspired by James Taylor. I spied his 'Gorilla' album laying on my floor and in some altered state, instantly started singing the chorus. It was fun to write. There's an old notebook with at least three more verses in it somewhere.
Caitlin Rose
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In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.
Gail Collins
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I used to play a lot of tennis and then, next thing you know, same thing with tennis. That banging on the knees, the jarring, twisting motion - I couldn't do it. All of a sudden, every time I played, my knee would swell up.
Caitlyn Jenner
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As long as someone wants to hear my music, I don't care if it's a ringtone or the album or whatever.
T-Pain
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As Akins observes, it is not the point of our sensory systems that they should detect 'basic' or 'natural' properties of the environment, but that they should serve our 'narcissistic' purposes in staying alive; nature doesn't build epistemic engines.
Daniel Dennett
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It's unbelievable that Phil had to wait so long to get in to the Hall of Fame. Maris's home run record in 1961 has become something of a curse. He wasn't just a home run hitter, he could do everything-hit in the clutch, field, throw and run.
Yogi Berra
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The silky hush of intimate things, fragrant with my fragrance, steal softly down, so loth to rob me of my last dear concealment.
P. L. Travers
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Dogma and hierarchy are endemic to such structures...indeed, such are the structures of any theocracy.
Dan Simmons
