Oscar Wilde Quotes
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My wife asked me if I ever thought I would ever retire from stand-up. And I thought about it, and I was like, 'No, because it's my job; it's what I do, and I enjoy it.' It's still the most challenging thing for me to do.
Wanda Sykes -
What clients are really interested in is honesty, plus a baseline of competence.
Patrick Lencioni -
Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
W. H. Auden -
My professional and human obsession is the nature of language, and my best relationships are with other writers. In many ways, I know George Eliot better than I know my husband.
A. S. Byatt -
You can't control where your heart goes.
Laura Prepon -
The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
Gavin Rossdale Bush
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I play-acted and started performing, which just logically led to doing it in school, which led to studying it in college, which led to auditioning to the showcase in New York. And then I had an agent, and I was an actress.
Mamie Gummer -
The good poet sticks to his real loves, those within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race.
Karl Shapiro -
'Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard. And it has no place among judges on a court - whose duty is to dispassionately judge a law's constitutionality.
Gary Bauer -
I don't really do sad, depressing songs.
Olly Murs -
My daddy used to say that I was too big to ride and too little to hitch a wagon - no good for a damn thing.
Dan Blocker -
I always say spend more on classics, like a good pair of leather trousers, an amazing tailored jacket, or a classic handbag. Then you can just mix your everyday tops from the high street.
Abbey Clancy
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I had really bad obsessive-compulsive disorder. At its worst, I was compelled to leave my house at three o'clock in the morning and go out in the alley because I just knew that the paper-towel roll I threw in the recycling bin was uncomfortable, like it was lying the wrong way, and I would be down in the garbage.
Fiona Apple -
We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
Mahmoud Abbas -
Being married to a psychologist, I realize that I learn more from imperfections.
Patricia MacLachlan -
I feel like I'm a good actor, but I wouldn't call myself a gifted actor.
Adam Pascal -
Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.
Oprah Winfrey -
Because women have been marginalised, they're more likely to behave like immigrants and continue to push themselves forward in order to avoid falling through the cracks, but I don't think a happy ending comes from matriarchy.
Hanna Rosin
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On one occasion I shared a bed with about seven other people, but we were all having a party overnight.
Marion Zimmer Bradley -
God's presence is not just Light, and Life, but Love. And Love invites, but does not compel.
Frederica Mathewes-Green -
Working with Mario Testino was a joy. He's very young spirited, and it's always lovely and a pleasure to spend time talking to him about all different things.
Cara Delevingne -
Although it's the second largest country in the world, our useful area has been reduced. Our immigration policy is disgusting: We plunder southern countries by depriving them of future leaders, and we want to increase our population to support economic growth.
David Suzuki -
In a very ugly and sensible age, the arts borrow, not from life, but from each other.
Oscar Wilde