Oscar Wilde Quotes
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
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These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.
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It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.
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I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.
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I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
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I have laughter dates with myself, where I find comics on YouTube and watch them. Louis C.K. was my first laughter date a couple years ago. I'll also watch those videos of people doing idiotic things. That cracks me up.
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When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody.
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The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.
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People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.
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We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.
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Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.
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People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
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I hate jet lag, but I love, love, love, love traveling - to meet new people, to try different foods because I'm a big foodie. I love food, even though people think models don't eat. We do eat.
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It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'
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I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.
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People have different takes on clothes and what to wear and colors and all that stuff, so why make a big deal about uniformity? It took me a long time to grasp that particular concept, simply because I was coming from the James Brown thing. Again, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.
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I think, ultimately, open always wins out. It wins out because you cannot lock data in; you can't lock people in. They will find a way out.
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Men are separated by so many petty things.
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I never wanted to be a public figure. I feel that I always have to dampen down people's expectations. They expect me to be an oracle, wave a magic wand, sprinkle some slow, sparkly dust on them, to make everything all right.
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I tell people: 'Do what you love, but it can also be hard to know what you love early on. But when you think about it and you describe the options, which one gets you a little more excited?'
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I literally did it through hard work and dedication. People out there who think you have to have loads of money to do this sport... it just shows you.
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When I was a young kid, the best stuff on television was always the BBC period dramas - it was what we sat down as a family to watch and what people talked about and looked forward to.
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The biggest predator of fish like cod is other fish - and seals keep fish like that in check.
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But egoism is more than this. It is the realization by the individual that he is above all institutions and all formulas; that they exist only so far as he chooses to make them his own by accepting them.
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.