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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You laughed for the marrow in their bones that was not yet ready for laughter; And you wept for their eyes that yet were dry. Your voice fathered their thoughts and their understanding. Your voice mothered their words and their breath.
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If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't 'sail' anyway. Send it back for further thought.
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Your genome knows much more about your medical history than you do.
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When you're not being heard - I can't tell you what to do when you're not being heard. I do think there is a way to move in love and get things done, though.
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The only time I ever get choked is when I'm at Make-A-Wish headquarters, because you're talking and working with people who share the same ideals.
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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.
