Oscar Wilde Quotes
Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism.
Quotes to Explore
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I love my wife, I love my kids.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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There have been a lot of exercises and I've had to force myself to go out for walks even when I didn't feel like it, but apart from that, I am a lot better.
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I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
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I have often heard that the novel is dead. But I see novels produced, I don't know how many a week, in France. I have the impression it's carrying along quite well.
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Being an actor means asking people to look at you. I guess I accept that. But it's a profession in which the job is to show another world and other people. You may access it through bits of yourself, and your imagination and experience, but actually, in the end, you're not playing yourself.
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There's no regrets for me.
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I'm still learning how to do things - like lining my eyes? Forget it.
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For me, one of the privileges of being a writer is to poke your nose around and learn about worlds you don't know.
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For the bureaucrat, the world is a mere object to be manipulated by him.
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I don't think being a writer who is religious means you have to write about nothing but religion. When I do write about religion, it's to inform the story, not to push a certain agenda.
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I'd call my music rock but with pop hooks.
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I've been designing since I was 8. I started sketching dresses I could wear when skating. I was always involved in all aspects of skating, not just the technique, the choreography, the music, but the visual aspects, too - what I should wear.
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I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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Any good attacker will always beat a defender who's face-marking you.
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I don't want to set the world up for surprises.
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From being a waiter, to a door-to-door salesman, to a car-washer, to a delivery boy - I have done it all.
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The happy man in this life needs friends.
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Assurance of hope is more than life. It is health, strength, power, vigor, activity, energy, manliness, beauty.
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I would want to bring up my children. Therefore, I have no dream to make my mark. Instead, I enjoy economic freedom my hard work has given me. It means that I can give my children the best start in life.
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Attack your instruments. Don't let them attack you.
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Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism.
