Oscar Wilde Quotes
They are so pleased to find out other people's secrets. It distracts public attention from their own.
Quotes to Explore
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A common mistake people make regarding dining rooms is to buy a matching set of table and chairs, which can be monotonous. I like to mix guest chairs in one style and head chairs in another for a more interesting, dynamic look.
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I don't believe in God personally but I have great respect for those people who do and different people have different religious views in this country.
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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I have been fighting climate change for two decades, and people often ask me how I remain hopeful in the face of extreme weather and grim forecasts. The answer is simple: I see countless solutions spreading across the nation and across the world. But we need more investment.
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Growing up, Tina Turner was definitely one of my influences, and, um, I take things from different artists, and I put them in my music, and I put them in my persona and my - they help me form into the artist that I am, so - for people to actually hear that come through the music is exciting.
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I was a star in Italy, Austrailia, Germany and Japan before the American stations ever paid attention at all.
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AIDS is a horrible disease, and the people who catch it deserve compassion.
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I'm not an isolated person. The more I connect to people, the more I have the feeling that things work.
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People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.
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The good reviews that people have told me about through the years haven't really helped me do my job. So it's kind of like, if your hair turns out right you want to go out, you don't just want to stay in and look in the mirror. That's kind of what reading a review is like to me; it's like reveling in something that's just one night.
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Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!
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I'm just very pleased and thankful that there was a receptive audience of people that I was able to connect with.
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My music has a high irritation factor. I've always tried to say something. Eccentric lyrics about eccentric people. Often it was a joke. But I would plead guilty on the grounds that I prefer eccentricity to the bland.
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Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors.
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Chinatown is tremendously interesting... It's a part of the city that hasn't really been explored in crime literature or in any general literature. It's as though Chinatown didn't exist. People write about New York without mentioning Chinatown at all.
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The majority of the Afghan people support a strategic partnership with the United States.
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My people have been sucked into the violence because some feel they have to retaliate, and some feel they have to protect themselves.
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At the Justice Department, we have no greater obligation than ensuring all people are treated equally under the law, and Americans must know that we will vigorously pursue criminal activity regardless of whether the crime is committed on a street corner or in a corner office.
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There are many, many nouns for the act of looking - a glance, a glimpse, a peep - but there's no noun for the act of listening. In general, we don't think primarily about sound. So I have a different perspective on the world; I can construct soundscapes that have an effect on people, but they don't know why. It's a sort of subterfuge.
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You can't put a price on a life. If it's not broke, don't fix it.
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The IRS should and must focus on the most important and most egregious and the most in need.
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You're only here for a short visit. Don't hurry, don't worry. And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
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I don't want anybody between a doctor and a patient - not an insurance company bureaucrat or a Washington bureaucrat.
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They are so pleased to find out other people's secrets. It distracts public attention from their own.
