Oscar Wilde Quotes
It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.
Quotes to Explore
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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I am in agreement with income-tax protesters that the tax, as commonly applied, is unconstitutional, unfair, and immoral.
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I've always written songs that were confessional, acoustic, wordy - my writing style matches my personality. The music always has to match the mouth it comes out of.
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Actions yield result by the ordinance of God as He wills.
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I've always wanted to create shoes that were positive and happy.
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We hear so many records these days that are done with click tracks, as opposed to a drummer.
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Life - how curious is that habit that makes us think it is not here, but elsewhere.
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The more one listens to ordinary conversations the more apparent it becomes that the reasoning faculties of the brain take little part in the direction of the vocal organs.
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I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction.
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What Mexicans want and aspire to, is to go there and work temporarily and raise some money and come back home. That's what they want, so nobody's asking for those two, three million Mexicans that are illegally in the United States to become American citizens.
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This is unexpected... like squirt from aggressive grapefruit.
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The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.
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Anyone who has grown up in Delhi knows it's horrible.
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For me, 'Mommy' was about developing very humane characters that would be very credible and endearing and work onscreen.
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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.
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Success is a science; if you have the conditions, you get the result.
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Cancer is the ugliest, scariest, most dreaded word in the English language. My credentials for saying so? Head-to-head, firsthand close encounters with different versions of the fiendish devil.
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The result of long-term relationships is better and better quality, and lower and lower costs.
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"God", "immortality of the soul", "redemption", "beyond" - Without exception, concepts to which I have never devoted any attention, or time; not even as a child. Perhaps I have never been childlike enough for them? I do not by any means know atheism as a result; even less as an event: It is a matter of course with me, from instinct. I am too inquisitive, too questionable, too exuberant to stand for any gross answer. God is a gross answer, an indelicacy against us thinkers - at bottom merely a gross prohibition for us: you shall not think!
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We're in an illusion about what our role is in world politics and foreign affairs, and our policies are killing and destroying and doing a lot of things that we are not aware of.
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When Satan tells me I am a sinner he comforts me immeasurably, since Christ died for sinners.
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Many people live alone and like it, but most of them live alone and look at it.
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It's a great privilege and an honour to have the experiences and opportunities that I do to meet extraordinary Australians right across our country who share a great generosity of spirit.
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It is immoral to use private property in order to alleviate the horrible evils that result from the institution of private property.
