Oscar Wilde Quotes
People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.
Quotes to Explore
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I still remember my first Giacometti exhibition, and going back to the museum every day, whenever I could, to look again and again at these long, thin stick figures, so beautiful, so graceful. That, I think, was the moment I became really obsessed by art.
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We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.
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My friends in the TV news business are in a state of despair about Donald Trump, even as their bosses in the boardroom are giddy over what he's doing for their once sagging ratings.
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I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.
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I was always looking for evidence of these common musical roots, but I was too young to know that what I was doing was called ethnomusicology.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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I know what it is like to fear violence. I understand the adrenalin rush that comes before violent confrontations. I write my scripts from an emotional point of view and direct so the audience can experience this adrenalin rush.
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It is ingrained in all living creatures, first of all, to preserve their own safety, to guard against what is harmful, to strive for what is advantageous.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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For me, visuals are as important as the music. I just love escapism and giving people something to escape to. To me, that's what art is.
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I've said that playing the blues is like having to be black twice. Stevie Ray Vaughan missed on both counts, but I never noticed.
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Change is the one thing we can be sure of.
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The teaching thing, the one where I have to impart my knowledge, is probably what comes the least naturally to me because I'm an absorber of things.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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The way I look at it is everybody should have the right to get married, if they so choose.
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When you have a chance to play a character people can relate to, it's rewarding.
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Written and directed by French showman Georges Melies, 'Le Voyage' features one of the most indelible images in cinema history: the wounded Man in the Moon bleeding like a particularly runny Brie, grimacing in pain with a space capsule protruding from his right eye.
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Ow! Have mercy on my little Tulane She's too alive to try to live alone And I know her needs And although she loves me She's gonna try to make it While the poor boy's gone Somebody should tell her to live And I'll understand it And even love her more When I come back home
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I want to continue to show what I'm all about.
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For where I found Truth, there found I my God, the Truth itself; which since I learnt, I have not forgotten.
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All a writer wants is to be read, and people are so flattering and lovely. I mean, there are witches out there as well. But most are so kind.
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Cyberspace can't compensate for real space. We benefit from chatting to people face to face.
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People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.
