Oscar Wilde Quotes
The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
Quotes to Explore
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These political movements flourish on the margins of Turkish society because of poverty and because of the people's feeling that they are not being represented.
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It's hard to give advice. There are so many people, how do you give major advice to a group of people, it's very presumptuous.
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I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.
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I think that the idea that I'm writing for many more people than I ever imagined has created a certain general responsibility that is literary and political. There's even pride involved, in not wanting to fall short of what I did before.
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I have laughter dates with myself, where I find comics on YouTube and watch them. Louis C.K. was my first laughter date a couple years ago. I'll also watch those videos of people doing idiotic things. That cracks me up.
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When I was a kid - 10, 11, 12, 13 - the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody.
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The demand in India is to have a hit, which becomes a promotion for the movie and makes people come to the theater. You have five songs and different promotions based on those. But when I do Western films, the need for originality is greater. Then I become very conscious about the writing.
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The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.
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People gravitate toward information that implies a happier outlook for them.
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We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.
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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
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Who has connections to Connecticut? That's where rich people go to live the rest of their life in the woods.
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People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
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I hate jet lag, but I love, love, love, love traveling - to meet new people, to try different foods because I'm a big foodie. I love food, even though people think models don't eat. We do eat.
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It's tragic that you can define a whole movement in music by gender alone. People are like, 'Oh, look, another quirky girl.'
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I'm not that involved in personal grooming. But I try not to be offensive to people.
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People have different takes on clothes and what to wear and colors and all that stuff, so why make a big deal about uniformity? It took me a long time to grasp that particular concept, simply because I was coming from the James Brown thing. Again, I wouldn't trade that experience for anything.
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I think, ultimately, open always wins out. It wins out because you cannot lock data in; you can't lock people in. They will find a way out.
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Any real virtual reality enthusiast can look back at VR science fiction. It's not about playing games... 'The Matrix,' 'Snow Crash,' all this fiction was not about sitting in a room playing video games. It's about being in a parallel digital world that exists alongside our own, communicating with other people, playing with other people.
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The business of funding digging journalists is important to encourage. It cannot be replaced by bloggers who don't have access to politicians, who don't have easy access to official documents, who aren't able to buttonhole people in power.
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Almost any movie, no matter how original, is borrowing from some other movies.
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the snow ... came in thick tufts like new wool - washed before the weaver spins it.
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I do not love strife, because I have always found that in the end each remains of the same opinion.
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The things people say of a man do not alter a man. He is what he is. Public opinion is of no value whatsoever.
