Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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In some sense, what you might have suspected from the first day of high-school chemistry is true: The periodic table is a colossal waste of time. Nine out of every 10 atoms in the universe are hydrogen, the first element and the major constituent of stars. The other 10 percent of all atoms are helium.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
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'Haraamkhor' is a low budget film. We are not worried about the box office because our film is already in profit. It's got a strong content that will reach people's heart.
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President Bush's emergency declaration for the State of Texas is great news for the people and communities that have experienced the devastating wildfires firsthand. Already, communities have rallied to help neighbors in need.
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If you're a casting director, you're going to be curious to see what Timothy Spall's son is like. But when you get in the door, you have to have something to offer.
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The truth is I had lots of rehab and now I have a clean bill of health.
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I'm really a director's actor. I rely heavily on a director.
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By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.
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The cool thing about working and meeting a lot of people through your acting is that you never know who you might work with, in the future.
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I feel very much satisfied to play in Baltimore.
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I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.
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Love of fame is the last thing even learned men can bear to be parted from.
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I believe in music because it has the power of change.
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Even in a gleefully negative comic, there is optimism, although it's slightly hidden: It comes out through a comic character's sheer tenacity. He keeps going and trying to find some sort of fulfillment regardless of his perpetual failure record. That's a form of hope, a form of optimism. Really hokey I know, but it's true.
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A big lie is more plausible than truth.
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My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west.
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I would never say no to anything that sounded interesting! The thing I like about making films is that the adventure just begins when you pick up the camera.
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The great leaders of the second world war alliance, Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, understood the twin sides of destruction and salvation. Their war aims were not only to defeat fascism, but to create a world of shared prosperity.
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We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
