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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I'm just trying to keep things rich for me creatively and for the readers who follow me.
Colson Whitehead -
I got 'The Red White and Blue' out of journalism. It puts you in touch with the world.
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Thinking back on it, I've been in this business since I was 3, and I grew up in musical theater, so I was raised and surrounded by gay men and gay women. I was hardly around anyone straight.
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Music pulled me like a gravitational force. I entered college as a physics major but left as a Bachelor of Music, a degree with the same practical application as, say, one in the History of Chinese Poetry.
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High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.
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We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
