Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us.
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It's good to have to put yourself in someone else's skin. It's all-consuming.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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I decided it was time to pay tribute to my own songs, to give them the opportunity to mature and be adult.
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Paddy Considine is a great friend of mine, and he is a natural actor because he is an artist, and I'm not an artist. If I ever blow my own trumpet, it's as a craftsman.
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If I lose, I lose. I'll do it on my terms.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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We grow small trying to be great.
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It ain't over till it's over.
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In life, you need many more things besides talent. Things like good advice and common sense.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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Sometimes I light incense and a candle. It's so peaceful and quiet. The steadiness of the energy and the reliability of the warmth have a calming effect.
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Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all.
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We just want to outdo ourselves every time we come back somewhere.
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This alone is to be feared - the closed mind, the sleeping imagination, the death of the spirit. The death of the body is to that, I think, a little thing.
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My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.
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As for murmurs, mother, we grumble a little now and then, to be sure; but there's no love lost between us.
