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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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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Creating more and better jobs is how you build a strong economy.
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Not all paintings are abstract; they're not all Jackson Pollock. There's value in a photograph of a man alone on a boat at sea, and there is value in painting of a man alone on a boat at sea. In the painting, the painting has more freedom to express an idea, more latitude in being able to elicit certain emotion.
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I'm a keen runner, so I try to fit in a half hour every other day.
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At the heart of banking is a suicidal strategy. Banks take money from the public or each other on call, skim it for their own reward and then lock the rest up in volatile, insecure and illiquid loans that at times they cannot redeem without public aid.
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Everywhere in the world, we're aware that democracy has incredible flaws and that the word has been used, especially in the United States, to wage wars.
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I never think of access or good will. I just want a good interview. I want guests to be informative and entertaining. I've never been concerned about someone's liking me tomorrow.
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I have spent most of the day putting in a comma and the rest of the day taking it out.
