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.
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
Iain Glen
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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.
Idries Shah
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I just love vintage. I have far too many vintage dresses.
Karen Elson
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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.
D. J. MacHale
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
Ha-Joon Chang
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
Yandel Wisin & Yandel
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
Karin Slaughter
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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.
Barbra Streisand
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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.
Aasif Mandvi
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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.
Callum McDougall
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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.
Yotam Ottolenghi
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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
Jack Henry Abbott
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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.
Henry Saint Clair Fredericks
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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.
Aaron Siskind
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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.
Jackee Harry
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For the vlogging channel, I wanted to build the infrastructure and build up all the personalities in a way that felt like weren't just forcing the audience to watch everyone we have.
Felicia Day
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Don't ally your personal interests with the development of the company.
Wang Jianlin
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While I was busy hating Vegas, and hiding from Vegas, a funny thing happened. I grew to love Vegas.
J. R. Moehringer
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In 'A Chosen Few,' I spent hours and hours listening to the pain of people of who had survived wondering why they survived and what their life means and what right do they have to survive.
Mark Kurlansky
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I love a man who can wear my underwear.
Yasmine Bleeth
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Right after liberal Democrats, the most dangerous politicians are country club Republicans.
Thomas Sowell
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I sometimes don't wash my hair for two weeks. That's pretty disgusting. It's short, so sometimes it's easier to just wet it.
Amanda Abbington
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I'm 90% performer, 10% musician. I've always said that Gossip are a band I would go see, not a band I would listen to.
Mary Beth Patterson
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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.
Oscar Wilde