Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth:If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.

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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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I still drink vodka; I'm not an advocate of drinking, but I'm no angel. I don't like grass, because it just makes me hungry.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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I was very good in math and physics. In the Soviet time, we had a lot of Olympic-style competitions for different disciplines: I was always winning in my region.
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If something is mine, then I want to keep it.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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We should always remember that it is by His invitation that we come to His holy house, the temple of the Lord. We should respond to His invitation by being worthy, by being prepared, and by having the temple as a priority in our lives. While in the temple we should act as if we are in His holy presence.
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I like to smile. I smile even when I'm nervous since it calms me down and shows my friendliness.
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I'm obsessed with media and the way audiences can become creative participants.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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Paganism is infectious, more infectious than diphtheria or piety.
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Actually, one of the better indicators historically of how well the stock market will do is just a Gallup poll, when you ask Americans if you think it's a good time to invest in stocks, except it goes the opposite direction of what you would expect. When the markets going up, it in fact makes it more prone toward decline.
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It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
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I got married very early, and in no time at all, we had three children. And it seemed to me I had an obligation to support them.
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I'm not gonna be broke, like my mom was broke, my uncles were broke, my sisters didn't have money, my cousins on down.
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I do see value in music criticism. Most of the criticism I have received over the years has been very good.
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I want to be part of Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame, but I don't want to be part of the kind of Hall of Fame that's based on voters' beliefs and assumptions.
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You don't even know the sequences to the Human-Gnome Project, you haven't come to terms with your God yet.
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Applause is a receipt, not a bill.
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Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom.
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I think I have character, and that is what people like in me.
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You have to have an ego to be an actor, but you need an ego just to get through life! Unless you want to sit on a corner and suck your thumb, it takes a healthy ego to get up in the morning and say, 'I deserve to be here.'
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Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth:If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.