Oscar Wilde Quotes
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
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I destroyed a lot of guitars trying to get them to do what I wanted, but I learned something from every guitar I tore apart, and discovered even more things. Things like if the string is not straight from the bridge saddle to the nut, you're going to have friction.
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I feel that I am a scholar who only with the left hand writes novels.
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I've never had a study in my life. I'm like Jane Austen - I work on the corner of the dining table.
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The first prize for any production is, if you can find a location that means you don't have to build sets, that will serve, and is not excessively expensive to hire, then it can save you a lot of money.
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A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
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You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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I am healthy and happy.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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You can take any one of our stories that we use right now, put western clothes on us, stick us out in the west and they'll work just as well - any single one of them - because they're stories about people, they're stories about things.
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I have been afraid of guns, I have sworn I would never use a gun on another person and so did not need one, and I have wanted to deny the existence of evil.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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Some of the best logos are the simplest. One of the oldest is the mark used by the Bass brewery: a red triangle. Target has made a red circle with a red dot in the middle seem the very essence of affordable, hip practicality.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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Do you love me because I'm beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?
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Gooseberries aren't just for creamy desserts and pies.
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All of my high school issues are resolved!
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I've always wanted to be my own person and stand by the things I believe in and I thought I might lose that independence if I ran for political office.
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As an actor, I've always been interested in making sure I can perform the role and the lines in the way the writer intended.
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Sometimes the better the writing, the harder it is to play because you really want to service it. It's hard to be that quick and articulate in life. You've got to try to make it seem discovered, you know, not rehearsed.
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Beauty is the first test: there is no permanent place in the world for ugly mathematics.
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You don't pay taxes - they take taxes.
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Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the cave-man had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
