Oliver Goldsmith Quotes
In arguing too, the parson owned his skill,For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still;While words of learned length, and thundering soundAmazed the gazing rustics ranged around;And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,That one small head could carry all he knew.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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When the 'New York Times' revealed the warrantless surveillance of voice calls, in December 2005, the telephone companies got nervous.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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I love hard punch lines, and I like anything that has a strong point of view.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.
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I've met Bob Dylan. We did one of those non-handshake handshakes. I was with all guys, and he shook hands with all of them, and then they said, 'And this is Kate,' and I put my hand out, and he didn't put his out. And then I took my hand away, and he put his out. It was one of those. We finally did shake. And then I fainted!
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The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.
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Don't take 'no' for an answer.
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You just have to be yourself and make music you feel from your gut, and hopefully, your audience will respond.
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I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
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Even when you are playing someone who is real, you get their mannerisms and you get their little quirks, but, it still has to be something inside of you that connects with the role, or else you will not be any good.
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I remember straightening my hair because I wanted to be like everybody else, and now the fact that anybody would emulate what I do? It's just funny.
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If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.
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I think the Bush Administration was bound and determined on regime change, and we will be paying the price of that for some time to come.
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'Anthem' was the record that almost didn't get made for a completely different reason than 'Underneath.'
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If you think about my filmography, I have never done a movie that a kid could go see, except for 'Iron Giant,' and I'm not even on the screen.
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I have fun. I don't take myself too seriously.
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Our nation suffers when Congress fails to pay America's bills on time.
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I have no interest whatsoever in pursuing acting or becoming a mogul. I love writing and directing; I see those two jobs as the most critical in the making of a film.
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Ohh! Wow!! Ohh!! Wow!! Those the only two words you know? Sounds like a dirty movie.
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In arguing too, the parson owned his skill,For e'en though vanquished, he could argue still;While words of learned length, and thundering soundAmazed the gazing rustics ranged around;And still they gazed, and still the wonder grew,That one small head could carry all he knew.
