Oliver Goldsmith Quotes

The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury, therefore, as it increases our wants, increases our capacity for happiness

Oliver Goldsmith

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• All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.

  

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• I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam.

  

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• I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.

  

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• Fitness, defending, the mental stuff - those were all weaknesses of mine. And I turned those into strengths.

  

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• People look to time in expectation that it will eventually make them happy, but you cannot find true happiness by looking toward the future.

  

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• A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.

  

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• I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.

  

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• I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.

  

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• These days i tend to use one project I do as a kind of offshoot to the next.

  

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• There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.

  

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• Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.

  

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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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• Christlike communications are expressions of affection and not anger, truth and not fabrication, compassion and not contention, respect and not ridicule, counsel and not criticism, correction and not condemnation. They are spoken with clarity and not with confusion. They may be tender or they may be tough, but they must always be tempered.

  

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• I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.

  

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• I look for roles that resonate with me these days. While I love putting out just fabulous entertainment, I think now as artists, especially with so much uncertainty going on in the world, you want to be a part of things that offer or promote healing in some way and perhaps a little introspection once you leave.

  

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• I do not think I had ever seen a nastier-looking man. Under the black hat, when I had first seen them, the eyes had been those of an unsuccessful rapist.

  

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• When you start a political party, you are creating space for yourself. So many people were shocked when they realized that I was serious and had no interest in occupying any political position, so they started to fall out one by one.

  

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• If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.

  

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• I don't want to be an actor or nothing but if I have to, I'll act if it's the right thing.

  

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• The more various our artificial necessities, the wider is our circle of pleasure; for all pleasure consists in obviating necessities as they rise; luxury, therefore, as it increases our wants, increases our capacity for happiness

  

  Oliver Goldsmith
  • Want
  • Luxury
  • Circles