Oscar Wilde Quotes
People seldom tell the truths that are worth telling. We ought to choose our truths as carefully as we choose our lies and to select our virtues with as much thought as we bestow upon the selection of our enemies.
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You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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I'm not trying to prove anything for the right or the left. Which gives me freedom to make jokes about either side, too.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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We're living at a time where if you do a Google search for a 'show, review and network,' you'll get 'The New York Times' and Pete Billingsley from a town you've never heard of on the same results page. It's kind of democratizing the process so that everyone has access to a distribution system to express themselves.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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Obviously it's more fun having my teammates there and having all that camaraderie, but individual workouts are not a loss.
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I am really precise about who I want to work with and, no matter the timeline, I push to get what I think would be cool.
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Clinton has played a major role in giving companies like Cipla credibility, for which I will always be grateful.
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A lot of people who are overweight - not everyone, but a lot of people - are dealing with issues such as emotional issues, stress issues. They become stress eaters and emotional eaters.
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I looked at Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and the boys up there thinking, I want to be that.
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We need to build systems that can automatically figure out what's high quality and what's not, and encourage users to contribute high-quality content. There's a lot of technical challenges in that.
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When I was born, my parents were huge into skiing. I grew up on Mont Blanc, skiing on that hill. I was really a ski baby. Loved it; I still love it.
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The E.U. can deliver on its citizens' needs and make its partnerships work only if we all act together - E.U. institutions and national governments, at all levels, united.
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Nobody knows 100% what affects the human body, mind or spirit.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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You have to invest the money in a certain thing, because, you know, at 40, I want to enjoy my life. So I do a lot of investments. Apartments back in Russia and New York. It's a good thing to do.
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Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.
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Religion is for people who are scared to go to hell. Spirituality is for people who have already been there.
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Your people will be torn from the land for this, Tartar. Your gers will burn and your herds will be scattered.
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My house and my garden are built as part of nature, not over it.
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People seldom tell the truths that are worth telling. We ought to choose our truths as carefully as we choose our lies and to select our virtues with as much thought as we bestow upon the selection of our enemies.
