William Oldys Quotes
Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink as I! Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip and sip it up; Make the most of life you may; Life is short and wears away.
Quotes to Explore
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Remind yourself that the greatest technique for bringing peace into your life is to always choose being kind when you have a choice between being right or being kind.
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I didn't grow up listening to The Smiths, but now I am a fan. I love his music and listened to so much of it for the film. It's not a regular biopic; they picked a part of his life that people don't really know about. You learn what informs his lyrics.
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What I remember most about high school are the memories I created with my friends.
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There was a president imposed by Syria. Our battle... is to have a Lebanese president that we elect.
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My biggest crisis is that I don't understand what young people like.
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I don't feel under pressure to work because I love what I do and I wanted to do the projects that came my way.
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Why do I talk about the benefits of failure? Simply because failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy into finishing the only work that mattered to me.
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To oppose something is to maintain it.
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Jagdish Singh was my basic coach, and he trained me from my very early days in boxing, teaching me the fundamentals of the sport. He was the one who shaped me into a boxer, disciplined me when I required disciplining.
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Right, different generations come along, and discover the music, I think.
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The more walking-around money I have, the less I walk around.
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Everybody ought to have a lower East Side in their life.
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Zef is, you're poor, but you're fancy. You're poor, but you're sexy; you've got style.
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I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.
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I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.
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I'm obsessed with Juice Press - they're everywhere. I spend so much money at that place it's crazy.
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I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them.
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
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New York is great for busy creative types. The city has a pulse that races, and you either keep up with it or you leave.
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If nothing comes of it, I would be a little bit disappointed. After Helsinki I was so tired, but now I feel good again.
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As a matter of fact I trade in accordance to my means and always leave myself an ample margin of safety.
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Busy, curious, thirsty fly, Drink with me and drink as I! Freely welcome to my cup, Could'st thou sip and sip it up; Make the most of life you may; Life is short and wears away.
