Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.
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Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race.
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The fact is that people are good, Give people affection and security, and they will give affection and be secure in their feelings and their behavior.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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I think people tend to live, whether they like it or not, influenced by what's next door to them.
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A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
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I rolled up my sleeves and said, 'I want to make a mark on this world.'
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Our party never tolerated those who use violence for political ends. Our leaders lost their lives standing against terrorism.
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By channeling my inner heiress, I created a new opportunity for young heiresses.
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I'm very kinesthetic, and when you're that way, you just feel it in your body. I know that other actors think with the logical part of their brain, but I wear my character inside my body, even when I'm away from the set.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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I love to drive. My present to myself from 'The Tudors' was a red Mazda MX5 hard-top convertible. I loved that car, and also what she represented - my first success.
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I would love to continue working on animated films. Yeah, those are my ambitions. No doubt.
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I was really influenced by Joan Didion and Pauline Kael; they were both at the height of their influence when I was coming into my own as a reader.
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I don't mind being described as vanilla in certain ways.
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Puberty extends into your twenties, for sure, and some people don't get over that until much later in life. I feel like I'm just starting to get over puberty - basically twenty years of insufferable, totally self-obsessed hell.
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There are stories I'd like to tell, I'd like to see, and they're not getting made. These stories are beyond the experience of the people in power. They don't understand it, so they're frightened of it.
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Writing novels is largely about endurance and patience. I take a lot of breaks, hit walls, and go do something else while I think things through. But I do it every day, and I try to treat it as a job, something that is not dictated by whimsy or muses.
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I am so busy now that if I did not spend three hours each day in prayer, I could not get through the day.
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I would love to be in 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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Interesting-looking people have always been comedians, and it's rare that someone who has the choice to model ends up being a comic. Except for maybe Whitney Cummings, but that's about it. That's why she's special: because she can combine it.
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I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out.
