Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
Friendship is made up of esteem and pleasure; pity is composed of sorrow and contempt: the mind may for some time fluctuate between them, but it can never entertain both at once.
Quotes to Explore
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Where are the gains for religious freedom and human rights to justify all the bombings, invasions and wars we have conducted in the lands from Libya to Pakistan - to justify the losses we have endured and the death and suffering we have inflicted?
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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When I was writing pretty poor poetry, this girl with midnight black hair told me to go on.
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Hopefully, film inspires you to think about human nature. It make us consider how we treat strangers and our most intimate.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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I just like seeing the world, and it doesn't matter where.
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I think it's the height of patriotism to continue to exercise your right as a citizen and to hold your government to account. Isn't that what the very essence of democracy is about?
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.
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Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.
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I don't write shows with dialogue where actors have to memorize dialogue. I write the scenes where we know everything that's going to happen. There's an outline of about seven or eight pages, and then we improvise it.
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Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice.
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I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!
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Different times need different types of leadership.
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Until I carried my wife off to New Hampshire, she defined wilderness as the Bronx.
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Reading is a lot like eating for me: If I try to read a book I'm not hungry for, I won't enjoy it, but if I wait until I have a real appetite for something, I'll devour it.
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With sports, there's no entitlement on the field. It's about numbers. It's about results. It's about outcomes.
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Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from.Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna goWhen the whole thing's done.But no one knows for certainAnd so it's all the same to me.I think I'll just let the mystery be.
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I don't want to live in Maine full time, but the physical beauty is very striking. It is the exact opposite of New York. When you walk through my small town to get a cup of coffee, you bump into five people you know.
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Nothing can be said: nothing sure, nothing probable, nothing honest. Better to err through omission than through commission: better to refrain from steering the fate of others, since it is already so difficult to navigate one's own.
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Friendship is made up of esteem and pleasure; pity is composed of sorrow and contempt: the mind may for some time fluctuate between them, but it can never entertain both at once.
