Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
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In our culture, the shame about accidental pregnancy is inextricable from the shame about having had sex. That disapproval of sex is one reason our record with contraception is so poor. If you're not supposed to be sexual, you don't plan for sex. You cross your fingers and hope for the best.
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Orchestra had a little brass ensemble on two tracks as well, but the rest was me. I knew I couldn't continue in this direction, even if people liked it, because I can only duplicate myself.
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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It's very easy to have slogans and rhetoric that people will follow, but eventually the slogans fall away.
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I like to discover new things.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.
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I spent a lot of time between bars like this.
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I feel I'm a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I'm transferring that same concept to the people I photograph.
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I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot.
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I'm an actor first and foremost, who happens to do improv. I've also done sitcoms, I've done stage.
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I'm not going to be able to play it like somebody else.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?
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When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network.
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Temporary tax cuts don't create permanent confidence, nor permanent jobs.
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I was never really obsessed with the whole guy thing to begin with.
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Those four Super Bowl losses? Yeah, it sucks that we didn't win, but what are you going to do about it? You can feel sorry for yourself, but that's not how I was brought up.
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I was often surprised by the dispassionate way patients’ symptoms were discussed and by how much time was spent on trying to manage their suicidal thoughts and self-destructive behaviors, rather than on understanding the possible causes of their despair and helplessness. I was also struck by how little attention was paid to their accomplishments and aspirations; whom they cared for, loved, or hated; what motivated and engaged them, what kept them stuck, and what made them feel at peace—the ecology of their lives.
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Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.
