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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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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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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A painter is always overjoyed when anybody pays any attention to him at all, puts him in any category, calls him anything - as long as they call him something.
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I am so looking forward to it. I made sure I had a strong foundation before I became pregnant and I think that's the most important thing. There were a lot of things that I wanted to do personally so that when the time came, I really knew who I was and could be the best mother.
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Now, whenever I need to go online, I confine myself to a tight circle: Gmail, MLB.com, NYTimes.com, Slate and maybe Facebook.
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Man is many things, but he is not rational.
