Oscar Wilde Quotes
The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.
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Setting a tone of inclusiveness and ensuring protection for all begins at the top, whether from the White House or the State House.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Two of my theatres are 1930s and the other five are by Sprague, the greatest Edwardian architect of the lot. They've needed a lot of work doing to them but they were built very well.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.
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Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.
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During the second half of the twentieth century, I had the privilege of living through years of intensive erudition, and I realized that Canadians, located in the northernmost region of this hemisphere, were always respectful towards our country.
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If you're asking your kids to exercise, then you better do it, too. Practice what you preach.
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I didn't want to do movies with hundreds of camels crossing the desert followed by tanks and this and that.
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Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is that wherever we are, that's where the Light wants us to be. It's the best place for us to be now. And as long as we don't try to control the situation, then we won't end up in the place we shouldn't be.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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The striking thing about the Precious Blood is the bond it establishes between love and suffering in our experience, a bond that has become so close that we have come to think of suffering accepted with joy as the most authentic sign of love with any depth at all.
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I couldn't get as big as a bodybuilder. I tried to put on as much weight in the right places as I could. My weightlifting was impressive for me, but not for some of the guys I see down at the gym.
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Sometimes in this game it's as good to be lucky as it is to be good.
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What I loved the most about Oakland was that all of my neighbors came in as many colors, ideas, and religions as there are people on the planet. How lucky I was to know so many people that were so different and yet so much alike!
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I don't know why anyone does the job without that pressure.
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World peace is not something that can be realized simply by politicians signing treaties, or by business leaders creating economic cooperation. True and lasting peace will be realized only by forging bonds of trust between people at the deepest level, in the depths of their very lives.
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It is best in the end to let women see to their own vengeance.
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I decided years ago not to read stories about myself anymore. Each one is a potential minefield: Whatever it says, you're bound to take it the wrong way. Why do it if you know it's going to make you miserable?
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During the long stretches of quiet two-lane highway, with the sun setting in the distance, it was somehow easier to say things aloud, and regardless of what was said, we just kept moving toward that horizon.
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The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.
