Oscar Wilde Quotes
To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.Oscar Wilde
Quotes to Explore
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You go where you think it's good for your work and your soul to go. I need to go someplace where I am reminded about why I wanted to act in the first place, and for me, that's the theater.
Patricia Richardson -
The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street.
Gavin Newsom -
If your aim is to attack the United States, it is hard to imagine a more difficult way of getting here than by posing as a refugee.
Samantha Power -
Whatever I do, I hope it's quality, I hope it's something that's class.
Garth Brooks -
I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
Carl Hiaasen -
We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
Walker Percy
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I just think something about being in front of a live audience when you've finished a big dance that you've been working on for so long - I don't think anything can really beat that.
Maisie Williams -
I am not the first man who wanted to make changes in his life at 60 and I won't be the last. It is just that others can do it with anonymity.
Harrison Ford -
I had one week in the fall of 1996 where I was like, 'I'm America's greatest living teenage poet.'
Garth Risk Hallberg -
While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
Edmund Hillary -
You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
L'Wren Scott -
My grandpa would come in with water and flick it on our faces at 6 A.M. and be like, 'If you don't get up to feed the horses, you don't get to ride them.' We'd get up.
Cam
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I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.
Karlie Kloss -
It takes one person to give you a big chance.
Patricia Velasquez -
There are certain things I believe we need to keep in our emotional arsenal as we navigate through life. Hope is a big one. The more of that we can carry, the better.
Wendelin Van Draanen -
I like to hike with my dog, Webster. It helps clear my mind.
Calista Flockhart -
I think it's important to give young people the freedom to follow their ideas and pursue their interests.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan -
I'm a creative person, so I have to stay busy.
Taraji P. Henson
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The distance that the dead have gone Does not at first appear; Their coming back seems possible For many an ardent year.And then, that we have followed them We more than half suspect, So intimate have we become With their dear retrospect.
Emily Dickinson -
I want to be a part of a winning culture.
Jalen Brunson -
A great leader should make it clear to her team members that as a matter of culture, her job is to replace herself. A new hire should know from the outset that she will ultimately have to bring in new talent to replace herself so that she can personally better herself and achieve loftier goals.
Joe Lonsdale -
I'm sure I'll find some use for the dress before summer."Kavill nodded, and closed his thick ledger. "Do let me know if it causes anyone to faint – or start a riot."She laughed under her breath, and turned to go, stuffing her hands into her pockets and praying her fingers didn't fall off on the way home."Here," Kavill said, and she turned to find a pair of exquisite dove – gray suede gloves in his hands. "On the house. For many years of loyal patronage." His face bore its usual mask of polite calm and courtesy, but his brown eyes were bright. "And a gift – for a year spent without any gloves at all.
Sarah J. Maas -
I don't know how to read. I get all my news from Jon Stewart every day.
Ira Glass -
To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.
Oscar Wilde