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Gold Quotes

"If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins."

"If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins."

Patton Oswalt, American Comedian

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"If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world."

"If I never sang on a record again I can still look at my walls. They are covered floor to ceiling with gold and platinum records from all over the world."

Don Dokken, German Musician

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"There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold."

"There is no brilliant single stroke that is going to transform the water into wine or straw into gold."

Coleman Young, American Politician

Gold, Water, Wine

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"Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms seen."

"Much have I traveled in the realms of gold, and many goodly states and kingdoms seen."

John Keats, English Poet

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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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"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

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"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

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"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

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"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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