Oscar Wilde Quotes
Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive.
Oscar Wilde
Quotes to Explore
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I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.
Barbara Kingsolver
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Freedom is never really won. You earn it and win it in every generation. That is what we have not taught young people, or older ones for that matter. You do not finally win a state of freedom that is protected forever. It doesn't work that way.
Coretta Scott King
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We Jews have been too adaptable. We have been too eager to sacrifice our idiosyncrasies for the sake of social conformity. … Even in modern civilization, the Jew is most happy if he remains a Jew.
Albert Einstein
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My earliest memories of Gwyneth first singing is in bed when we would make up songs. The most I could do was harmonize, like, a third above, and at two years old, she'd be doing sixths. I said, 'Where in the world did that come from?' She'd just make up songs.
Blythe Danner
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I see too many celebrity kids who can't sing. If you don't have it, give it up, because people are brutal. I never want my kids to feel like they have to live up to what I've done.
Charles Kelley
Lady Antebellum
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We are so lucky Americans are impressive with what they're willing to give. We get bashed too much. And, so many young people in this country give so much. They're not all gang bangers.
Jami Gertz
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As a good Christian should consider every place as holy, because God is there, so he should look upon every part of his life as a matter of holiness, because it is offered unto God. The profession of a clergyman is a holy profession, because it is a ministration in holy things, an attendance at the alter. But worldly business is to be made holy unto the Lord, by being done as a service unto Him, and in conformity to His Divine will.
William Law
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One, I push my deadlines closer than anybody else, or let's say it this way: I'm really late.
Aaron McGruder
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With but a few exceptions, we don't have this personal study under masters any more. Craftsmanship has sunk very low. We no longer have any universally creative persons who are able to guide young learners not only in technical matters but also, at the same time, in a formal way.
Walter Gropius
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A man may be ungrateful, but the human race is not so.
John Milton
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I have learnt a lot about my body since my heart attack. I don't drink as much now as before.
Gerard Depardieu
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Conformity is the last refuge of the unimaginitive.
Oscar Wilde
