Oscar Wilde Quotes
If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
Quotes to Explore
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When you love someone so much that you are in pain when you are apart it ends up being destructive. I never want to be in that place again.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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Look at how many North Carolina kids have played for me or tried out for me or coached with me. I've had Dennis Wuycik, Steve Previs, Billy Chamberlain, Donald Washington, Darrell Elston, Tommy LaGarde, Bobby Jones. You name it, I've had them. Whatever Coach has ever asked me to do, I've done. Because I love the school, and I worship him.
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I think America has a brilliant future.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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You should never do anything too much. If you only eat healthy food, that is too much. Success is balance - a banker with no time with his kids, he's not successful. If he doesn't have time to walk his kids to school, that is not success - that is a mistake.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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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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If you taste something, you're not at the maximum of your ability. What I think about in competition is temperature and texture. It has nothing to do with taste or emotion.
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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We know that reading to children is a crucial step. From the beginning, babies who are read to are exposed to the cadence of language, and school-age children who read at home for 15 minutes a day are exposed to millions of words.
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It feels like a simple human right to be able to be yourself, and yet, what trans people have to go through in order to get to there, it can be so complicated.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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A bottle of wine contains more philosophy than all the books in the world.
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The second Cocoon questions that and deals much more directly with the value of living in the real world with its trials and tribulations. I would say it's about that and not about aging or death.
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Don't become weary in doing good. If we are patient, we can experience the change of heart we seek. For most of us this will require only a slight change of course, sending us toward the time north. The adjustments we must make are those 'small things', but that does not mean they are easy. Too many forces are confusing our compass. But the pull to the polar star is one we recognize. It is the direction toward home.
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I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War.
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If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
