Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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The last thing I wanted was to be with someone who's the same age as me and wanted the limelight, wanted the attention. There's lots of girls out there who do.
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I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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The historian is a prophet looking backward.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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Jail is definitely not cool. Education is.
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I was once an extra in a Bruce Springsteen video where they did a live performance video at Tramps. I forget the name of the song.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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I think my track record speaks for myself... I have been endorsed by the African Union, but I am a prosecutor for 121 states parties and this is what I intend to be until the end of my mandate.
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You cannot write a book unless it is totally inhabiting your imagination and you are totally engrossed with it. Which is a kind word for obsession.
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My whole thing is being sexy without showing too much, because that's my comfort level.
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Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.
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I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
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There's a reason people use CGI: it's cheaper and faster. I hate that.
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Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average.
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The image of Ireland is projected as a male image in the acting world, similar to the way that the word of Ireland is male dominated.
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I don't ever want to feel complacent.
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We're not planning for the future. If we continue to spend ourselves into oblivion, we are going to destroy this nation.
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The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.
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How does Love speak? In the faint flush upon the telltale cheek, And in the pallor that succeeds it; by The quivering lid of an averted eye – The smile that proves the parent to a sigh Thus doth Love speak.
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But then of course everything always happens for a reason.
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Men as a rule love with their eyes, woman with their ears.
