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've often asked myself, how much information can the brain actually hold? There'll probably come a day when you're able to download it; that's what you have to do when the machine's full.
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I came into politics because I wished to change things. You can't do that by lying to people; you have to educate, and persuade, and carry them with you - and it's often a long haul.
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If I examine the circumstances which inspired me to write – and this is not mere self-indulgence, but a desire for accuracy – I see clearly that the starting point of it all for me was war.
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When we have a great goal we are superior even to justice, not merely to our deeds and our judges.
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Art leads to a more profound concept of life, because art itself is a profound expression of feeling. The artist is born, and art is the expression of his overflowing soul. Because his soul is rich, he cares comparatively little about the superficial necessities of the material world; he sublimates the pressure of material affairs in an artistic experience.
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We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
