Oscar Wilde Quotes
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To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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I don't get angry very often, but there have been times when I have been frustrated with myself, maybe after playing a bad shot, after getting out, I have done some damage to some equipment of mine. Once or twice in the course of 20 years – I think you can allow me that at least.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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I just try to keep it simple, not let too many outside things influence me.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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If GE's strategy of investment in China is wrong, it represents a loss of a billion dollars, perhaps a couple of billion dollars. If it is right, it is the future of this company for the next century.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.
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Barack Obama's victories in 2008 and 2012 were dismissed by some of his critics as merely symbolic for African Americans. But there is nothing 'mere' about symbols.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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It's strange: I've done so many things up until I did 'Obvious Child,' including writing children's books and making 'Marcel the Shell.' To me, the through-line is incredibly clear: it all comes from wanting to be connected to my own inner voice and not wanting to be on somebody else's agenda if that means that I can't be myself.
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My mother always wanted to be an actress. She was an extra in movies and stuff. I have a feeling this is the classic story: The mother wants to be an actress, and the child ends up doing it. But it was never a jealousy thing between us. It was like - well, I was making my mom happy.
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Once a day, especially in the early years of life and study, call yourselves to an account what new ideas, what new proposition or truth you have gained, what further confirmation of known truths, and what advances you have made in any part of knowledge.
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You must learn to wrestle against the things that hinder your communication with God.
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All great ideas are dangerous.
