Oscar Wilde Quotes
Philanthropy has become simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.
Quotes to Explore
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Music can bring about different vibes on the field, off the field, urban life, going to church, leaving church. Everything the world may bring, there's a song for it to put you in the right frame of mind.
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I worry about whether SBA programs are still doing what they are meant to do - support lenders who fund good business startups and good expansion plans.
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Let's help those in prison maintain positive connections with their community. If we truly want re-entry to be successful, and we do, people need to come back to a place that still feels like home.
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody else is looking at and believing, if only because that's how consensus is constructed.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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I've never met a woman who thinks they've got a good enough figure - however perfect they look - which is sad, because no one else can see these perceived flaws; they're entirely internal.
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Building human-centered organizations doesn't imply a return to the paternalistic, corporate welfare practices of the 19th century. Most of us don't want to be nannied.
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Even in the angels there is the subordination of one hierarchy to another, and in the heavens, and all the bodies that are moved, the lowest by the highest and the highest in their turn unto the Supreme Mover of all.
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I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.
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I wasn't that hard. I wasn't that tough. I wasn't that funny – I looked like me.
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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I still use the guitar pretty much just to hide my gut.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
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Stealing is stealing. I don't care if it's on the Internet or you're breaking into a warehouse somewhere - it's theft.
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If men knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
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Yet the home courses are where you spend dozens to hundreds of hours a year. You must choose them well.
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Meryl Streep was my hero. I wanted to be that type of actor more than anything.
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Philanthropy has become simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.
