Oscar Wilde Quotes
The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.
Quotes to Explore
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People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.
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I had long had an instinct about there being a role for me in a creative industry. Maybe I didn't listen to that voice as much earlier on, but when it had become a deafening sound in my head I realised I had to go and explore it.
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If there's anyone in my lifetime who deserves honor it is Billy Graham. I think he is the most significant figure since the apostles.
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The first wave of the Internet was really about data transport. And we didn't worry much about how much power we were consuming, how much cooling requirements were needed in the data centers, how big the data center is in terms of real estate. Those were almost afterthoughts.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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I was supposed to be women's lib, and now I'd exceeded it and gone over into international politics.
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Mind is consciousness which has put on limitations. You are originally unlimited and perfect. Later you take on limitations and become the mind.
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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I don't go out. I don't go to clubs. It's not my thing. I sit at home with my glass of wine and watch hours of reality TV. I have a million shows on my TiVo.
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The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.
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It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.
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I think people thought I was crazy for leaving Mexico when I had any project I wanted falling at my feet. But I risked everything to come to Los Angeles, where no one knew who I was, and start all over again. It was a very hard step to take. However, it was the moment I thought it was right to take a risk in my career.
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There seems little doubt in my mind that depression, in particular at the severe end of the experience of this condition, is as real a disorder as diabetes is at the severe end of blood glucose levels.
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I'm not a good dancer, but I try. I don't really have the moves.
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I think if you write about human relationships, you're always exploring the psyche and the soul. I don't separate certain - perhaps more extreme - things that people do from others.
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We cannot say no to what has already been approved by the citizens.
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Superior and inferior wage one hundred battles a day.
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You don't need to recall 100,000 cars because you need to fix something. That can be done with a download of software.
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Ideas may be superior to vested interest. They are also very often the children of vested interest.
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If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?
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Get in your kitchens, buy unprocessed foods, turn off the TV, and prepare your own foods. This is liberating.
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The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.
