Oscar Wilde Quotes
Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.
Quotes to Explore
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This is going right to the police. So, it's a very dangerous precedent.
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Mining is a dangerous profession. There's no way to make a mine completely safe: These are the words owners have always used to excuse needless deaths and the words miners use to prepare for them.
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The system of idolatry, invented by modern christianity, far surpasses in absurdity anything that we have ever heard of.
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I'd heard it was dangerous to walk around Miami.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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Our approach to economic development must be modern, focused and in tune with the global trend.
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I also read modern novels - I have just had to read 60 as I am one of the judges for the Orange Fiction Prize.
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One cannot spend one's time in being modern when there are so many more important things to be.
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I'm going to start these art museums that are basically converted homes, and I have one for modern art, and I have one for 19th century European art, and one for French impressionism. I've got Japanese.
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Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.
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I need to make things mine. It annoys me to buy something that is imposed on me. When I have a suit made, I go to the Sicilian tailor Alessandro Martorana in Turin. I like shorter jacket sleeves and often fold the cuffs up. It's more modern that way.
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To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.
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A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.
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Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.
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If you asked me to sing a modern song, I wouldn't be able to - I can't easily slip into that groove. But if it were a song by Nico or The Velvet Underground, fine.
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People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.
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I tend to play the dangerous characters, the boyfriend, that sort of thing.
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I'm one of those old-fashioned homosexuals, not one of the newfangled ones who are born joining parades.
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Particularly in the final stages I always find that I'm rushed. It's dangerous when you're rushed in the editing stage, most of my early films are flawed in the cutting
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When it's time to film and to actually take on the role of Precious, I felt an immense responsibility to do it justice.
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But Freedom Strike was actually quite cool.
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God doesn't need us to give Him our money. He owns everything. Tithing is God's way to grow Christians.
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Nooooooo... favorite film, that's like asking if you have a favorite kid!
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Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.
