Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.
Quotes to Explore
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The entire time I was up shooting 'Suits,' I was running back to my trailer to help get 'Nine Circles' produced. It's a no-brainer for me to keep that part of life alive.
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Perhaps things are not things but words: metaphors, words for other things.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
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Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.
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There's a tremendous intellectual fervor among independent filmmakers, and that has to be cultivated.
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The physical ego serves as its own worst enemy when, by delusive material behavior, it eclipses its true nature as the ever blessed soul.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.
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I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.
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Losing is no fun no matter who you lose to.
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I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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If my life was a song the title would be 'Naima'.
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It's extremely difficult to say what one actually means by 'sculpture' other than, in a provisional sense, it's something that goes on the floor or a pedestal, and loosely applies to a certain history of the use of that term.
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People always think I hate doing interviews. I don't. I wouldn't do them if I didn't like them.
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Back in 1993, I was studying in Delhi, and I had a girlfriend. I had never touched a girl before that in my entire life. One day, I decided to go out with her to a garden. We were sitting beside each other, and I just glanced around to see if anyone was looking at us, and I put my hand over hers. I thought love started in this way.
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Luckily, I'm only aware of about two or three concussions that I have had, but there's really no way of telling how many overall.
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I really enjoy theater. Performing live onstage is helping me to grow as an actress.
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I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that's the only way you can survive and succeed.
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I write my own songs. I made my own videos. I pick my producers. Nothing goes out without my permission. It's all authentic.
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The stately Homes of England,How beautiful they stand!Amidst their tall ancestral trees,O'er all the pleasant land.
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Whatever the skill of any country may be in the sciences, it is from its excellence in polite learning alone that it must expect a character from posterity.
