Oscar Wilde Quotes
If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.
Quotes to Explore
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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One of the tragedies of modern times is that people have come to believe that something said by someone in the past, perhaps for illustrative or provocation purposes, actually represents that person's beliefs at the time.
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I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.
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To write a good mystery you have to know where it will end before you can decide where it will begin... and I've always known where it will end.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias.
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Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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It's just like heirloom tomatoes; this is heirloom music. We used to have all kinds of diversity in our poultry, in our vegetables, in our fruits, and slowly but surely the monoculture beast comes in. I'm saying that's not a good idea. And if it means that I gotta do it on my own, then I do it on my own.
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I may be wrong, but the essential illustrative nature of most documentary photography, and the worship of the object per se, in our best nature photography, is not enough to satisfy the man of today, compounded as he is of Christ, Freud, and Marx.
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When I got '227' and broke out from the rest of the cast, I became a workaholic, and I was very lonely.
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
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While I was busy hating Vegas, and hiding from Vegas, a funny thing happened. I grew to love Vegas.
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We're not really under pressure to deliver a cloned baby to this world. What we are under pressure to do is to deliver a cloned baby that is a healthy one.
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People dream their whole lives of their Oscar speech; I dreamt my whole life of hosting the Oscars.
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I always thought Vincent Lindon had a sexy body, a body you can trust, a solid body you can lean on.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.
