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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When you compete with a person, you only have to be as good or better than the person to win. If you compete with yourself, there is no limitation to how good you can be.
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Wall Street has played a role in everyone's life, and it has been vilified by everyone, but I think that the average trader didn't have a sense of what was coming. The culture is so vacuous, it's possible to come to it straight out of college and never have a real adult life, even if you have the wife and kids.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected.
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I am very curious. Every day, I say: 'What am I going to learn today, and whom am I going to meet?'
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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.
