Oscar Wilde Quotes
What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That's all that can be said about land.
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Comedy's really subjective, you know; that's why it's so hard.
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.
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I respect music, I do. I love it.
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You will never cease to be the most amazed person on earth at what God has done for you on the inside.
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I don't like books that play to the gallery, but I've become more concerned with telling a story as clearly and engagingly as I can.
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When men are romantically interested in you, it's really simple. Just ignore everything they say and only pay attention to what they do.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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Somebody gave me this drum machine and somebody else asked me to program something for a project. I really liked programming and I was really interested in using the drum machine.
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You should always leave the party 10 minutes before you actually do.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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I am from Karnal, India.
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Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
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In my early 20s I was so miserable doing construction, I wanted something that paid money. I liked nice stuff. I liked cars and architecture, and things that cost money. I wanted to not swing a hammer, and make money... and not do stuff that was dirty. I attempted to get into comedy. I started to do stand-up, but I wasn't very good at it.
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When I had my first child, I started to try and make fresh food for him daily, and I became frustrated with the amount of work - and time - involved in making baby food at home.
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The good parts about being a public company are increased discipline, increased execution and increased transparency to make sure that you are really building a company for a hundred years.
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I feel really connected to antiquity for some reason.
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Nashville is my home, and the reason why I get to do what I love.
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The Irish job was something that had to be sorted out.
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It seems the more I play Jane Austen, the more poetic my writing becomes. The other day, I left a Post-it note for my husband that had the word 'ergo' on it. I gotta rein it in before I get all full out Madonnannoying.
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My work is about structure. It has never been a reaction to Abstract Expressionism. I saw the Abstract Expressionists for the first time in 1954. My line of influence has been the 'structure' of the things I liked: French Romanesque architecture, Byzantine, Egyptian and Oriental art, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Klee, Picasso, Beckman..
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In homes, a haunted apparatus sleeps,That snores when you pick it up.If the ghost cries, they carry itTo their lips and soothe it to sleepWith sounds. And yet, they wake it upDeliberately, by tickling with a finger.
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If you're going to be transparent, you're going to have to let the music come that wants to come.
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What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That's all that can be said about land.
