Oscar Wilde Quotes
Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.
Quotes to Explore
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I think we all feel geeky at times, don't we? Isn't that all a part of the wonderful tapestry of life?
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Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
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My career is a black comedy of sorts. I spent a lot of time explaining myself to various different groups. But more and more, I'm finding that the desire to communicate, which all these audiences share, is a powerful thing.
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Writers have an opinion about the world and offer arguments about the world. They should offer contemplation.
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If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense.
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Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl Rove should not be able to buy our elections. Secret money should not be able to drown out the voices of the American people and sell our Democracy to the highest bidder.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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I'm one of those people if you ask, 'What's your favourite song?' I'm going to give you five. I don't have just one favourite.
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I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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I think togetherness is a very important ingredient to family life.
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I didn't come from any money, but even when I was on 'Big Love' - people think you're on a series and you're making bank.
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Poets are always taking the weather so personally. They're always sticking their emotions in things that have no emotions.
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I think we respond well when we do something well.
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What power can poverty have over a home where loving hearts are beating with a consciousness of untold riches of the head and heart?
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All kids are selfish. I wanted to do homework and do my thing and call my agent. My mother's needs weren't in my mind at that moment.
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For me, religious festivals and celebrations have become an important way to teach my children about how we can transform living with diversity from the superficial 'I eat ethnic food', to something dignified, mutually respectful and worthwhile.
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Originally I had planned to revert to nuclear physics there, in particular the structure of the deuteron.
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A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.
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Music is a lot more powerful than anyone gives it credit for. I can sing something right now and make you feel something that you would not feel if I said it. If somebody can sing and connect to people just through voice, just through sonics, capturing an emotion, that's a direct string to somebody's soul.
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I met Powel Crosley at an All-Star Game in 1935. He was familiar, of course, with our winning record at Rochester. We seemed to hit it off immediately, and the following year, when he was looking for a successor to Larry MacPhail, he thought of me.
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You don't want to influence the same system you are trying to forecast.
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I've seen a few 60-point ballgames in my time, but none of them had been done by the third quarter.
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Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.
