Oscar Wilde Quotes
It is very vulgar to talk about one's own business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then only at dinner parties.
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I'm very silly as a person, but quality silliness on-screen has more of an art to it. Harrison Ford, whom I was in 'Morning Glory' with, has mastered that dry funny better than anyone.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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My health is fine.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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I don't think I'm really open to having Washington change me.
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.
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To be on the set with the actors, with the location, every day changes; every day something can go wrong.
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I love fire. As a child I loved setting light to things. I'd always be in the forest putting matches to pieces of wood. I've always regarded fire as my friend.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I need to have something else going on. I'm able to write a lot if I have an episode of 'Friday Night Lights' going on my computer.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books. I feel accomplished, giddy, and tired. Mostly, though, I feel thankful. A trilogy is a huge investment on the part of author, publisher, and reader, and I'm grateful that so many people were willing to invest along with me.
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Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
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The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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I want to see people turn and writhe; make them feel things they cannot see and sometimes do not know.
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Fitzgerald describes the social disillusionments and ballroom romanticism of the young people of the upper classes and the loneliness of Gatsby, who gives large parties and has an extensive social life; yet he is lonely, and his guests scarcely know him.... Hemingway's characters live in a tourist world, and one of their major problems is that of consuming time itself. It is interesting to observe that his works are written from the stand point of the spectator. His characters are usually people who are looking--looking at bullfights, scenery, and at one another across cafe tables.
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I am awaiting the day when people remember the fact that discovery does not work by deciding what you want and then discovering it.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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It is very vulgar to talk about one's own business. Only people like stockbrokers do that, and then only at dinner parties.
