Oscar Wilde Quotes
The world has been made by fools that men should live in it.
Oscar Wilde
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
Oscar Wilde
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The great apologist has to have lived large and wild. If he's going to kiss the world's boo-boos and make up, he'd better plant some bruises first. A master apologizer has to be a Lord Byron, a Rick in Casablanca, a Lee Atwater, anyway.
P. J. O'Rourke
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But more wonderful than the lore of old men and the lore of books is the secret lore of ocean.
H. P. Lovecraft
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We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
Oliver Tambo
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We were poor, my mother and I, living in a world of doom and gloom, pessimism and bitterness, where storms raged and wolves scratched at the door.
Said Sayrafiezadeh
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Personal records are not what football is all about, but as goalscorers, we live and die by figures and numbers because, ultimately, that's how people will judge you.
Gary Lineker
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Shoes are very emotional. For women, they carry the message that you want to give to the world. One day you want to be sexy, or super powerful at your job - you wear a great pump. If you want to be on-the-go and running after your kids - you wear a great flat.
Edgardo Osorio
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The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
Oscar Wilde
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My speech is really important to me, but the thing is at the moment it can't be more important than my singing. Until I'm an established name all over the world, my speech won't be more important than my music.
Gareth Gates
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Well, I loved variety in television, I loved sketch comedy. At 'Saturday Night Live,' I stayed almost seven years.
Dana Carvey
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Sometimes in the morning, when it's a good surf, I go out there, and I don't feel like it's a bad world.
Kary Mullis
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The most interesting letters I received about 'The Name of the Rose' were from people in the Midwest that maybe didn't understand exactly, but wanted to understand more and who were excited by this picture of a world which was not their own.
Umberto Eco
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I did theatre all my life and then went into the film world. I then kind of segued into TV land, which is a different experience.
T. J. Thyne
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I thought writing about somebody current would be a little closer to what I'm used to doing.
Adam Clymer
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I don't think fashion week will go back to what it used to be because people are realising that the industry is completely changing. It's not just in Bryant Park any more, people are figuring out who their audience is, where they want to show, they aren't really playing by the rules. It's not so much about these editors, these buyers.
Alexander Wang
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I don't know what makes a writer's voice. It's dozens of things. There are people who write who don't have it. They're tone-deaf, even though they're very fluent. It's an ability, like anything else, being a doctor or a veterinarian, or a musician.
Paula Fox
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I love black lingerie and white shoes, and I love knives.
Carine Roitfeld
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The world has been made by fools that men should live in it.
Oscar Wilde
