Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame,Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame.Their level life is but a mouldering fire,Unquenched by want, unfanned by strong desire.
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I was raised in Argentina until I was 11 and now I go back there a lot, at least twice a year. It's a country where I feel very comfortable and it represents an important period in my life.
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There is total unanimity that the most serious threat facing the United States and Israel is a nuclear-armed Iran.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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With Nine Inch Nails, it's all Trent Reznor. So when we get a new record from Nine Inch Nails, it depends on what side of the bed Trent's waking up on and what he's been eating lately and what he's been into. Because he's preparing the whole meal.
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Most of the time, as a model, I feel like I'm just a doll. They control how I should move.
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Library campaigners are not prepared to stand by and watch something they cherish be dismantled brick by brick.
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I believe in the 'Wal-Mart' school of business. The less people pay, the more they enjoy it.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
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I believe we should work to end all racism in American society and staunchly defend the inherent rights of every person.
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When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.
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Greening the globalised manufacturing and sourcing will be the single biggest help multinationals could make to the tough pollution control in China and other developing countries.
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I never really planned a career. I've tried to avoid it. I've tried to do this stuff I felt for, the stuff I like. So, I've just been meeting these fantastic directors who've offered me a variation of different parts and different films.
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Listen, I'm not a rich kid. I'm a cultured kid; I'm very rich in culture.
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I used to buy records in high school. Mainly dancehall: Super Cat, Buju Banton.
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When I started in 1992, I really thought the 'Vogue' fashion department was one of the most frightening places on the planet.
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No matter how clear things might become in the forest of story, there was never a clear-cut solution, as there was in math. The role of a story was, in the broadest terms, to transpose a problem into another form. Depending on the nature and the direction of the problem, a solution might be suggested in the narrative. Tengo would return to the real world with that solution in hand. It was like a piece of paper bearing the indecipherable text of a magic spell. It served no immediate practical purpose, but it contained a possibility.
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In a fire, you have to be thoughtful; you have to have a certain kind of intuitive smarts that the veterans have. I'm not there yet, despite the Stanford degree.
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I believe in fate. And in the depths of my soul, I am an Orthodox Christian. I think the New Testament is especially important. What Jesus and his disciples preached and did was a great thing.
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Today our books are numberless, and one man cannot master them in a lifetime. Now that the sea-waves are dashing upon our shores, unless we keep pace with the times and acquire Western learning, we shall be left in the lurch.
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The work of the eyes is done. Go now and do the heart-work on the images imprisoned within you.
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Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame,Catch every nerve, and vibrate through the frame.Their level life is but a mouldering fire,Unquenched by want, unfanned by strong desire.
