Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
Paltry affectation, strained allusions, and disgusting finery are easily attained by those who choose to wear them; they are but too frequently the badges of ignorance or of stupidity, whenever it would endeavor to please.
Oliver Goldsmith
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I've got so many clothes; I can dress in any style.
Paloma Faith
I write 1,000-1,500 words. The next day, I rewrite it and add 1,000-1,500 words to the end of it.
Patrick Ness
The Left doesn't understand the importance of God in the Israeli public discourse, and Yesh Atid does.
Yair Lapid
I grew up in a town called Subang Jaya, and made a lot of friends from around Kuala Lumpur.
Yuna
When I was 5 or 6, I was messing around with the piano, and I listened to everything from Chopin to boogie-woogie.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
I have absolutely no concept of work, except for university. But I like to talk to people a lot about their jobs.
Rachel Cusk
I think it helps a lot when they tell people that Teri Hatcher likes you. If you're Teri Hatcher's boyfriend, suddenly you're hunky I guess. I've spent 40 years being average and now I'm Teri hatcher's boyfriend and here we are. I've been really fortunate.
James Denton
A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
Virginia Woolf
I've always had a sense of groundedness as a person. I think that's helped me. My mother sort of beat into me the notion of humility, and I think my focus has always been on the right things or the things that I'm passionate about, which is just simply the work.
Elijah Wood
If we bring not the good courage of minds covetous of truth, and truth only, prepared to hear all things, and decide upon all things, according to evidence, we should do more wisely to sit down contented in ignorance, than to bestir ourselves only to reap disappointment.
Frances Wright
Paltry affectation, strained allusions, and disgusting finery are easily attained by those who choose to wear them; they are but too frequently the badges of ignorance or of stupidity, whenever it would endeavor to please.
Oliver Goldsmith