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Gold Quotes

"The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal."

"The greatest memory for me of the 1984 Olympics was not the individual honors, but standing on the podium with my teammates to receive our team gold medal."

Mitch Gaylord, American Athlete

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"I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal."

"I wouldn't say that there's ever been an Olympic champion that didn't deserve to win an Olympic Gold Medal."

Dorothy Hamill, American Athlete

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"Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine."

"Everybody seized upon a bit of the beast. The Sultan claimed the liver, which, when dried and powdered, is worth twice its weight in gold as medicine."

Isabella Bird, English Writer

Gold, Medicine, Weight, Worth

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"There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation."

"There is never enough gold to redeem all the currency in circulation."

John Buchanan Robinson, American Politician

5

"I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch."

"I'm very proud of my gold pocket watch. My grandfather, on his deathbed, sold me this watch."

Woody Allen, American Director

4

"You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful."

"You know you can get gaudy with something, and they didn't do that. To me, I think it's very tasteful, well done, with the silver and gold and the engraving. I think it's very tasteful."

Earl Scruggs, American Musician

4

"Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths."

"Brass shines as fair to the ignorant as gold to the goldsmiths."

Elizabeth I, English Royalty

4

"A gold book, fastened together in the shape of a book by wires of the same metal, had been dug up in the northern part of the state of New York, and along with the book an enormous pair of gold spectacles!"

"A gold book, fastened together in the shape of a book by wires of the same metal, had been dug up in the northern part of the state of New York, and along with the book an enormous pair of gold spectacles!"

Charles Anthon, American Writer

4

"Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity."

"Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Gold, Praise, Value

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