Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
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Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
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We have to set our own agenda, we have to set our own standards, we have to be very strong about what we want, we have to be very strong about our passion and if it's not right for you, you shouldn't do it just because you're advised by so-called geniuses.
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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To create something new is both thrilling and excruciating at the same time. It's great to have all these choices in front of you, and to have the writers in the room so you know exactly what they meant. But the downside is you want so badly not to screw it up!
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There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.
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As a filmmaker, I really want to utilize the tools to carry the voice - my voice, and the voice of the characters.
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I really connect to strong feminist writers that make their ideas accessible for the rest of the world.
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The main reason I backed DeepMind was strategic: I see my role as bridging the AI research and AI safety communities.
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Twenty percent of students in Israel's schools are haredim; another 20% are retired; another 20% are Arab. I have no problem with any of them.
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By the time I approached my forties, I had the self-assurance to approach all the genres I love so deeply: R & B, rock, jazz, and pop.
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When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
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If humanity does not opt for integrity we are through completely. It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference.
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Self-complacency is pleasure accompanied by the idea of oneself as cause.
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When all is said and done the only thing you'll have left is your character.
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As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.
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I'm a big fan of Samantha Bee's.
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When I played in a band, people just stand there and look at you and criticize what they didn't like. But if you watch a D.J. show, people go crazy from beginning to end. Say what you want against D.J.'s, but you can't deny that the energy level in the audience is for the most part far above what rock bands have.
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When I was in university, my dream was to be a coach, like a high school track coach. Not to teach.
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I have matured a lot.
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If women really want equality, we have to wipe the slate clean. It no longer matters in the largest sense what men did to us for the last 200 or 300 years.
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There is force and vitality in a first sketch from life which the after-work rarely has. You want a picture to seize you as forcibly as if a man had seized you by the shoulder! It should impress you like reality!
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A low standard of prayer means a low standard of character and a low standard of service. Those alone labor effectively among men who impetuously fling themselves upward towards God.
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I started working out with my mom in 4th grade. She used to take me to the track.
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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
