Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
To the last moment of his breathOn hope the wretch relies;And e'en the pang preceding deathBids expectation rise.
Quotes to Explore
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Nobody wants to give up good players.
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I think most families have a few secrets or some strange aspect to their history. We're all fascinated by family dynamics, but I'd much rather sit in an audience and watch someone else's problems!
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For a very long time now I've been saying to young women, 'You can have it all, but not all at the same time.' How important it is to take very good care of yourself, of your mental and physical and spiritual wellbeing; it's hard to do. It's easier to be a workaholic than to have a truly balanced life.
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Being jealous of a beautiful woman is not going to make you more beautiful.
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My parents were very active in the Civil Rights Movement. My father was a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker; my mother was a secretary with the Panthers.
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The Old Firm clubs are not easy clubs to manage and sometimes I think frustration comes in that, in the end, make you happy to be leaving.
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
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I do love to capture beauty in this world. And photos can last the test of time.
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I got into retailing because I wanted a real job.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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I have tons of art books. I have them all over the place. They are in my car, in my bag, and in my studio. There are books around me all the time.
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Select a subject that interests you and make an effort to become an expert in that field. I promise you, if you make the effort, and you become an expert, you will have a wonderful career.
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Nobody loves me but my mother, and she could be jivin', too.
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I lost a girlfriend when I was in my 30s. She was 46. It all sounds so trite, but I put a Post-it on my dressing-room wall. It said, 'The past is history. The future is a mystery. This moment is a gift, which is why it's called the present.'
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With acting, I felt like I had a lot to prove because I didn't study it; I didn't work my way up in a traditional sense.
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I think people just want to be popular. So they're going to write lyrics that are going to get your attention. You know, sometimes, they're a little graphic, and I don't think that's so necessary.
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I want to make sure the people we elect to office believe in America.
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Karl Lagerfeld looks very tough because of the glasses, and he has all these rings and the leather gloves, and he's so smart. But he's a very nice person... when he comes into a room or studio, he is going to say hello to each person, and the same when he leaves.
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Alfred Nobel was much concerned, as are we all, with the tangible benefits we hope for and expect from physiological and medical research, and the Faculty of the Caroline Institute has ever been alert to recognize practical benefits.
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You can throw away your script more easily than you can throw away your film.
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Pain is never permanent.
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We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.
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To the last moment of his breathOn hope the wretch relies;And e'en the pang preceding deathBids expectation rise.
