Oscar Wilde Quotes
I appropriate what is already mine, for once a thing is published it becomes public property.
Quotes to Explore
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The thing about inspiration is that it takes your mind off everything else.
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Because animals are property, we consider as 'humane treatment' that we would regard as torture if it were inflicted on humans.
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One thing I hear a lot is, 'Dude, my mom loves your record,' or 'I got it for my dad for Christmas.' I'm essentially doing dad rock. Which is great, because I love Steely Dan, you know? Nothing wrong with dad rock!
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I have a very small public.
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I don't miss being on the road right now because the thing is, I was on the road for eight years, so I love pizza, but pizza every day for eight years is a different thing.
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Once I have children, the kids come first. One thing at a time for me.
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Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.
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The Qur'an is God's property, not mine.
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Stand-up, I find it really difficult. It's not really my thing.
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Marriage finally became acceptable to the churches when laws were established that could make it a means of depriving women of incomes and property, and making wives the equivalent of slaves.
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I am proud of religious Zionism. I am proud of the members of religious Zionism because it is a true ideological public.
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The great thing about Cairo is the vast majority of women wear some kind of head scarf, but they are also very fashion-conscious. They love bright colors.
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I am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
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If I can put on my album in a car or on my headphones and listen to the whole thing and love it, that's what I'm going to be happy putting out there.
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Nothing surprises me. One thing I don't ever have in my world is surprise.
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I've tried singing like somebody else, and it never worked for me. The only thing that has ever worked for me was me being me, so either you love it or not.
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He to whom the present is the only thing that is present, knows nothing of the age in which he lives.
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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
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There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges.
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Even when I get the fried-chicken special of the day, I have to dig into it like it's filet mignon.
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I don't order laws, I propose them.
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Rhythm must have meaning.
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The more people rationalize cheating, the more it becomes a culture of dishonesty. And that can become a vicious, downward cycle. Because suddenly, if everyone else is cheating, you feel a need to cheat, too.
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I appropriate what is already mine, for once a thing is published it becomes public property.
