Oscar Wilde Quotes
The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
Quotes to Explore
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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I think people appreciate honesty.
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When I make a live-action movie, it's a very physical process. It's like running a marathon.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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Very ambitious startups often take a long time to work - or sometimes they take a very long time to look ambitious.
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I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
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I'm also politically independent so I'm not a fan of either the Democrats in Congress or the Republicans in Congress.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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In the early 2009, a campaign plan developed by Petraeus and General McChrystal to defeat the Taliban, they required a minimum force of 40,000. President Obama rejected that recommendation and provided 25 percent less. He also decided he would pull the force out in 12 to 15 months.
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I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
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It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A lot of people identify who they are by what they do and that's not me. It's what I do but not who I am. Who I am is a parent. I'm a family man.
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.
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As for the single market, the E.U.'s landmark achievement, there is no question that a euro zone breakup would severely disrupt its operation in the short run.
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Wind and other clean, renewable energy will help end our reliance on fossil fuels and combat the severe threat that climate change poses to humans and wildlife alike.
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I know what it's like to have a family and not have insurance and really need it. As a comic, insurance was one of those sacrifices I made early on until I could afford it.
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Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.
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My father started growing very quiet as Alzheimer's started claiming more of him. The early stages of Alzheimer's are the hardest because that person is aware that they're losing awareness. And I think that that's why my father started growing more and more quiet.
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When you tell an Iowan a joke, you can see a kind of race going on between his brain and his expression.
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I used to be with a publishing house called Roosevelt Music. A gentleman there told me he had seen Peggy Lee perform Fever in Las Vegas and I found out later she wanted to record it.
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I listen to all kinds of songs. There's something to be learned from every type of music and from the one making it, whether it's pop or jazz or hip-hop.
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It is generally supposed that complete pleasure of this kind, permeating one's very flesh and bones, unfits the student for scientific pursuits in which cool judgment and observation are required. But the effect is just the opposite. Instead of producing a dissipated condition, the mind is fertilized and stimulated and developed like sun-fed plants.
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The English country gentleman galloping after a fox - the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable.
