Oscar Wilde Quotes
All that we know who lie in gaol - Is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long.
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I don't have to worry about the obvious things like money.
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Lately, I've been doing a lot of tuning in and impatiently tuning out. As a longtime fan of talk radio, I don't think this bodes well for the long-term broad appeal of the medium.
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Growing up, there were no families on TV that looked like mine.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I would like to write a movie and, if it wasn't too crazy, also direct.
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To tell you the truth, I hadn't seen any Pixar until I went to see 'Wall-E,' and I watched it and I was shocked to see how adult it was, with the setting in our lives, both present and future, and how they dealt with it... And then quite relieved to find that the one I was working on, 'Up,' how adult it was.
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There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind.
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Our teachers are operating just as effective leaders in the business world do. They set a vision that most people think is crazy. They convince the kids why it's important to accomplish the goal. And they are totally relentless.
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I don't think the 9/11 attacks taught us anything we didn't already know about religion. It has long been obvious - even to the deeply religious - that religious fanaticism is an extremely dangerous deranger of otherwise sane and goodhearted people.
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I never write about the road. I never write about hotels or anything like that.
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Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
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My evening really begins when I take a long, hot bath. I light a candle, and I turn on the news and try to catch up. It's when I can breathe from the day to the night, and that means a lot to me.
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I like to argue with the radio.
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I like children - fried.
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Gerard Butler is like a big kid; he's so nice.
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I'm a singer and as long as I can sing - which, thank God, is something that I still seem to be able to do - I'd like to carry on making records.
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Would this country be better off if no one drank? Yes, it would be, but we tried that; it doesn't work. I don't want to tell anybody that they can't have as many drinks as they want every single night of the week as long as they don't get behind the wheel of a car.
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For a long time, society put obstacles in the way of women who wanted to enter the sciences.
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Thierry Henry could take the ball in the middle of the park and score a goal that no one else in the world could score.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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Reject cynicism. Reject certitude. And don't be a jerk. Be a good guy.
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If you've climbed the first 140 meters it doesn't mean that you've succeeded; you are going to succeed by climbing the last 10 meters.
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I felt old when I was young and I feel younger now. Maybe that's a trick of my mind, but I'm springier and lighter.
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All that we know who lie in gaol - Is that the wall is strong; And that each day is like a year, A year whose days are long.
