Oscar Wilde Quotes
If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word, we are to have Industrial Tyrannies, then the last state of man will be worse than the first.
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I never use that word, retire.
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You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
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A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
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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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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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One of the great things about being a writer/journalist is that my boss loves me to go out and do features on being someone else. I did a feature on Kate Middleton, where I went to an incredible fancy state home in the countryside, put on a wedding dress and posed for engagement pictures with a fake Prince William.
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Western enthusiasm for democracy stops when those opposed to its policies are elected to office.
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I'm a Persian Jew, and we don't speak Hebrew.
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I think theatre at its best looks into the dark corners; clearly, my dark corners are full of doom.
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Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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Well, youth is the period of assumed personalities and disguises. It is the time of the sincerely insincere.
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The '90s are really the 'Sex and the City' woman, and I think, right now, the new contemporary woman is the 'Lipstick Jungle' woman.
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There's always going to be silly stuff out there in the media that you can't worry too much about, and I don't. We just keep on trucking, and I like the way my... I think there should be 'professional is professional, and personal is personal,' and that's just how I'm going to keep it.
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I always knew that I was going to be a writer. There was no question in my mind about that.
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Someone has to stand up for wimps.
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I don't do a comic book thinking there is a movie. I just want it to be as good a comic book as it can be.
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China is not looking for a trade surplus but wants to import more French goods.
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Look at how hard it was to get to where I am. It doesn't make sense to give it up.
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I count myself in nothing else so happy as in a soul remembering my good Friends
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The greatest power God gave us is the power to choose. We have the opportunity to choose whether we're going to act or procrastinate, believe or doubt, pray or curse, help or heal. We also choose whether we're going to be happy or whether we're going to be sad.
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If the Socialism is Authoritarian; if there are Governments armed with economic power as they are now with political power; if, in a word, we are to have Industrial Tyrannies, then the last state of man will be worse than the first.
