Oscar Wilde Quotes
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My parents have a strong work ethic, but their attitude to life, their philosophy, is: 'whatever makes you happy.'
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You really are being quite foolish to smoke.
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A lot of women find that their workwear acts as armour.
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The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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I really hate to write.
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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
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Growing up, I was always in normal public school which is very important in my eyes.
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There are a bunch of places to stay in Des Moines, but I'd suggest finding a place on the west side of town. It's a great urban area that has a lot to offer tourists.
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People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.
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Television offered me the opportunity to do new things; I had written a lot of scripts other than scary movies. I had actually written some romantic comedies and stuff that I really wanted to try my hand at, and nobody would let me do that. Television allowed me to do anything I wanted.
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I really believe great actors, even with disease and age, can be great.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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I like people, and I like listening to them because something that'll happen out of that conversation could be the title or the subject of the song.
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My mom could be pretty strict.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, Brags of his substance, not of ornament: They are but beggars that can count their worth; But my true love is grown to such excess, I cannot sum up half my sum of wealth.
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Choose your self-presentations carefully, for what starts out as a mask may become your face.
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If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job.
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Among religions in this country which do not teach what would generally be considered a belief in the existence of God are Buddhism, Taoism, Ethical Culture, Secular Humanism and others.
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Man is many things, but he is not rational.
