Oscar Wilde Quotes
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My mother passed when I was in the third grade, my father when I was in the seventh, and that's when I was shipped to Los Angeles to live with an aunt.
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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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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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Personally, I love theater; that's where I started.
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Every day God invites us on the same kind of adventure. It's not a trip where He sends us a rigid itinerary, He simply invites us. God asks what it is He's made us to love, what it is that captures our attention, what feeds that deep indescribable need of our souls to experience the richness of the world He made. And then, leaning over us, He whispers, "Let's go do that together.
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If there is no peace in the minds of individuals, how can there be peace in the world? Make peace in your own mind first.
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Men as a rule love with their eyes, woman with their ears.
