Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
A French woman is a perfect architect in dress: she never, with Gothic ignorance, mixes the orders; she never tricks out a snobby Doric shape with Corinthian finery; or, to speak without metaphor, she conforms to general fashion only when it happens not to be repugnant to private beauty.
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The modern economy is becoming a place where women hold the cards.
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I'm probably less volatile and tempestuous than a lot of Aries, but I think I'm probably quite loud and outgoing and passionate. Maybe a bit difficult or stubborn.
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Art is subjective. I'm not looking for people's praise.
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I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
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This is my first wuxia movie and I must consider this before trying to make something with my own.
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On banks, I make no apology for attacking spivs and gamblers who did more harm to the British economy than Bob Crow could achieve in his wildest Trotskyite fantasies, while paying themselves outrageous bonuses underwritten by the taxpayer. There is much public anger about banks and it is well deserved.
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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
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I would never go to a gym. How could I do it? So I tried to do it in my house and it doesn't work.
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When you're actually making the film, you're constantly battling to maintain its integrity.
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'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life.
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Everybody has a story... and a scream.
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I do my best work if I think about what it is I have to offer.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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The Dalai Lama can claim the sanction of the Buddha, who is said to have altered his teachings in order to reach a diverse audience.
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Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them.
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In the life of any actor or actress, there is inevitably a time when they will be eligible to act in a Tom Stoppard play. He has written a lot, and they are revived often, and there are so many characters of different ages that it was more likely I'd end up in something of his than that I wouldn't.
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Many traditions date the existence of angels and demons from a remote period before the creation of the world, but some connect the fall of Satan and his host with the creation of man.
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In Australia, we've always been a country that runs the ball right up the middle on the fifth tackle. We've never seen a challenge we didn't like, and we've certainly never run from one.
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I mean how do you know what you're going to do till you do it? The answer is, you don't. I think I am, but how do I know? I swear it's a stupid question.
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It's very easy to walk on a wire if you spend a whole lifetime practicing for it.
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I think that the world has largely ignored Belize and the political situation and the plight of its people because it's one of the smallest countries and, in terms of the world economy, one of the least significant.
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From the dawn of the day to the dusk he toiled, Shaping fanciful playthings, with tireless hands, - Useless trumpery toys; and, with vaulting heart, Gave them unto all peoples, who mocked at him, Trampled on them, and soiled them, and went their way.
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No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack.
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A French woman is a perfect architect in dress: she never, with Gothic ignorance, mixes the orders; she never tricks out a snobby Doric shape with Corinthian finery; or, to speak without metaphor, she conforms to general fashion only when it happens not to be repugnant to private beauty.
