Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.Oliver Goldsmith
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I'm too self-serious for a comedy.
Damien Chazelle -
My mom grew up in a strict Catholic family and moved to New York and became part of the Warhol factory.
Gaby Hoffmann -
Goals enable you to do more for yourself and others, too.
Zig Ziglar -
If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.
Gary Cherone Van Halen -
My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.
Mahershala Ali -
My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.
Ed Asner
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I'm trying to equalise the world to say there is no high and low.
Dan Colen -
Internet journalism is not a world we know very well at all. It's conducted more on the screen and less in bars, which makes it rather less useful for getting stories about people throwing up over one another, which is what one's after.
Ian Hislop -
No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
Tariq Ramadan -
The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
H. G. Wells -
I just don't watch a lot of TV.
Patrick Wilson -
All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
Edmund Wilson
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Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake.
W. C. Fields -
Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
Carine Roitfeld -
I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
Madeleine Albright -
I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal and really that's such a small part of it.
Laura Kightlinger -
I was born and raised in Ohio. During my childhood, I spent most of my time drawing and reading fairy tales and myths.
Natalie Babbitt -
Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
Walter Kirn
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Mo Udall didn't want the presidency bad enough. He was too sane. He was a marvelous guy, but you had the feeling there was another Udall outside his body watching the candidate Udall who was too extravagant, telling him to cut it out.
Jack Germond -
Use justice to rule a country. Use surprise to wage war. Use non-action to govern the world.
Lao Tzu -
It is not enough to ask yourself, 'Does God's Word permit me to use these good things of the world?' You must also inquire, 'Will it serve the glory of God?'and, 'Will it edify my fellow Christians?'
Walter J Chantry -
Do not suffer pain and torment without reason. Somebody All-Powerful and All-Compassionate owns everything. Rely on His Power and do not accuse His Compassion. Renounce grief and anxiety ad accept relief. Be rid of your troubles and find serenity.
Said Nursi -
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
Oliver Goldsmith