Oscar Wilde Quotes
Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
Quotes to Explore
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It is shallow people who think beauty is frivolous or excessive. If you are bringing beauty and god, you are enriching the country. Rice feeds the body, books feed the mind, beauty feeds the soul. It is one thing I can really be proud of and stand tall in the world.
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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Skysurfing is skydiving with a board on the feet. You can imagine with this big surface of a skysurfing board, there is a lot of force, a lot of power. Of course, I can use this power, for example, for nice spinning - we call it 'helicopter moves.'
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Even though I'm Hispanic, I'm so white.
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I could live very quietly, do advertising to earn money.
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You've got a great chance in college to do all sorts of terrible irresponsible things, and you should totally do them. I mean, make huge mistakes. This is the time in your life if you screw up, it's okay because you can bounce back from it.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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Whenever I do something, it seems so right. And turns out so wrong.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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'LazyTown' is on a mission to move the world to be a healthier place. When we get kids moving, we get their families moving. And when families move, we are one step closer to moving the world. Move the body, move the mind, every day.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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I am a self-critical perfectionist.
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I can never believe how much time and energy and money and talent and everything else is being poured into horrible ideas.
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Because I was the only child, I was completely indulged. My father thought I was the best looking boy. And even though I was at 100 kgs., he dismissed it as puppy fat. He thought that the sun came out of my head. If I got five out of ten marks, he thought I was half there and had only half way more to go.
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I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.
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In the country the darkness of night is friendly and familiar, but in a city, with its blaze of lights, it is unnatural, hostile and menacing. It is like a monstrous vulture that hovers, biding its time.
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I don't give people time to start talking junk, because I say something to them first.
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When I read a review, 90% of the review is about my lifestyle, and the last two sentences are about the record.
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Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it.
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The Latino community, they're some of the most loyal fans on the planet.
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I would advise sitting from morning till night under some willow bush on the river bank where there is a wide view. This will be 'doing the valley' far more effectively than riding along trails in constant motion from point to point. The entire valley is made up of 'points of interest.'
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Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.
