Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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Rowing provided a place to go, a community where people cared about what I did and what I achieved.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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I remember going up and doing 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' with Paul Simon, Santana playing up there with us.
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I thought if I put my book up on the Internet as a file that you could download, and I told people about it, maybe some people would download it and read it, and maybe I could get some response.
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One day there were two out in the ninth, and I hit a pop fly so high that the fans got tired of waiting for it to come down. So they all went home and listened to it drop by turning on the radio.
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The bottom line of Hollywood is money.
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I don't ever want to get boxed in, playing the same characters, over and over again. That's why I prefer features over television.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.
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To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.
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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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Each morning I do my ballet class for one hour; after that, it means one hour less to get ready.
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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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My Kindle readers have been incredibly faithful fans.
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I try to support stories that enable us to see the difficulties in our society and the challenges we face, which is why I've also produced documentaries like 'Brick City' and 'Serving Life.'
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No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
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I don't want to be someone else.
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I do not like violence.
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Every night, you fight for that standing ovation at the end of the night. And if you do something wrong, the domino effect is chaotic. And you must not allow yourself to make mistakes whatsoever. So in that case, theater, it's fascinating because of the discipline that you need.
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Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource.
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I talk in subjects and verbs, and sort of wind around in concentric circles until I get far enough away from the beginning so that I can call it the end, and it ends.
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It never gets old. Working with somebody like Kevin Hart is rejuvenating in a lot of ways. He's such a pro. He's so good.
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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
