Oscar Wilde Quotes
Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.
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In the fall of 1943 we brought home our second son, whom we named Alexander.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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Winning the gold medal should have been the happiest day of my entire life, and it just wasn't. It felt like the saddest day of my life. Everyone was so angry with us, that Scott and I had fallen in love, because it was so unprofessional, and we were a disgrace and had betrayed everybody.
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I never really learned photography.
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But, when Scripture makes a clear distinction between the act of creation and the process of preservation, we cannot accept the idea of a progressive creation process.
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If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.
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It is unsafe to take your reader for more of a fool than he is.
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Before, I could meet and greet all my fans one by one, but now, it's hard to remember all of their names. And my actions can sometimes cause misunderstandings. If I bow to one side, I've heard people from the other side ask why I didn't bow there.
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It takes so long for the folks who are earning minimum wage to finally see a little bit of a rise... that it takes a little nudge, I think, from government.
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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
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I really have been so, so blessed with all my leading men.
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I had this little Bon Iver phase a few years back; 'Flume' was one of my favourite songs.
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Reaching the height of 6 ft. 5 in.; I never expected to be that tall. I just shot up.
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People have often asked me, do I want to be the next Oprah - there is no such thing. Oprah is Oprah, and she's still being Oprah if anybody hasn't noticed... what I bring to TV is myself... I really think there's space in daytime TV for a whole bunch of fun, some amazing music, and some heart.
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My lessons didn't come at my father's knee. Like all good lessons, they were learned from example.
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Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively to congestion.
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When I'm doing kitchen planning as well as bathroom design, I try to walk through the day with the homeowner. If we're talking about a kitchen, it will be: So, we are walking in with the groceries. When we are taking them out of the car, where will they go? What is the distance to fridge, to pantry?
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I think, looking back, there was a lot of fear of success in me. When you are successful, you have to keep it up... it requires you to be responsible, and I had been pretty irresponsible.
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I did learn something about insanity while I was down there. People go crazy, not because they are crazy, but because it's the best available option at the time.
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I never learned how to be adequately black. I never learned how to be black at all.
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I never went to concerts when I was a kid, so I never knew if what I was doing onstage was right.
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The idea of sacrifice is integral to the John Henry myth. Heroic figures have to die in order for us to have our stories; we live and stand on their bones.
Colson Whitehead -
Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.
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Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.
