Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
For just experience tells; in every soil,That those that think must govern those that toil.
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The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization.
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I am glad that I paid so little attention to good advice; had I abided by it I might have been saved from some of my most valuable mistakes.
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Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.
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Time whizzes by when you have children. They make you aware of the passing of time, but also help keep you young.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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Every time you make a film, you create a world. You make decisions about sets and costumes, and you create a universe connected to reality, but not reality itself.
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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I don't really yell at people.
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.
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Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.
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I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.
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I have rules for a lot of areas of my life. Love is not going to be one of them.
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Someone has said that nations have interests, they don't have friends, and you see that over and over in U.S. policy.
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When people chat to me about my childhood and getting into horses, they're like, 'Was it like the birds sang and the sun came out? Was it an amazing experience?' I'm like, 'No, it was rubbish. I was frightened. I was pretty unbalanced, and most ponies took advantage of me.'
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The meaning of experience is typically one generation behind the experience. The content of new situations, both private and corporate, is typically the preceding situation.
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This is what they all come to who exclusively harp on experience. They do not stop to consider that experience is only one half of experience.
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Thus art is not an object, it is an experience.
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For just experience tells; in every soil,That those that think must govern those that toil.
