Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too.
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His style has the desperate jauntiness of an orchestra fiddling away for dear life on a sinking ship.
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I remember many a time, going into someplace like Wrigley Field - where you could cut the humidity with a knife - and playing a doubleheader. I loved to play the game. It didn't matter if it was a doubleheader, or a single game, or a day game after a night game. I wanted to play.
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I will far rather see the race of man extinct than that we should become less than beasts by making the noblest of God's creation, woman, the object of our lust.
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If Dana White can offer a contract that's not one-sided, and it's not cumbersome to the point where we look at it and realize that we can't fight for him, then we'll fight in the UFC.
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There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.
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I prefer atrophy over exercise any day.
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A little man often cast a long shadow.
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I think many people are finding things I do very funny and strange.
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My parents were both in the army for 20 years and then worked in government departments; but they had gone through the Great Depression and known lean times. They always remained extremely frugal and lived far below their means.
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I don't want to think that anything is off limits for me to write about, but I also don't want to intrude on anybody's life, which is why there's very little specificity or names in the songs I write.
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Picking and choosing what kind of love is worth recognizing is an expensive choice. Is discrimination worth that price?
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Many good sayings are to be found in holy books, but merely reading them will not make one religious.
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Just because one happens to be wealthy, it doesn't mean you are naturally any good at building an investment operation that is world-class or successful.
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We've navigated a lot of change at Campbell's. The best thing for me to be able to do is to discuss that change with people.
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The journey that we go on as actors is an interesting one and sometimes a revealing one.
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A harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ.
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Nothing is given to you. You've got to work for it.
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It's going to require experimentation, reinventing the industry.
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Being in the health industry can do a major number on your head when it comes to body image.
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Most people assume that a muse is a creature of perfect beauty, poise and grace. Like the creatures from Greek mythology. They're wrong. In fact, there should be a marked absence of perfection in a muse--a gaping hole between what she is and what she might be. The ideal muse is a woman whose rough edges and contradictions drive you to fill in the blanks of her character. She is the irritant to your creativity. A remarkable possibility, waiting to be formed.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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Industry is the root of all ugliness.
