Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Nothing is absolute in security.
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I was never supposed to make it to Congress. I was a staff person.
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A race is what zoologists term a variety or subdivision of a species.
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I get some of my ideas from watching my three daughters, but most of them come from my own memories of growing up. I can remember how romantic I was, not just about love, but romance in the classic sense - the romantic ideals: of honor and truth, of loyalty, sacrifice and fairness. Those were the elements that made a story satisfying to me.
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What counts isn't the frame, it's what you put in it.
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'Jurassic Park' has a lot of science in it - and a lot of it is wrong - but if it was all accurate, it would be a documentary.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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I am proud of where I came from, and I am proud of what I've been able to achieve through hard work and perseverance. And I guarantee you that anyone who tries to say otherwise hasn't walked a day in my shoes.
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You just make sure you don't screw it up. It's going to work as long as you don't mess it up. Hopefully you have plenty of those moments in a big comedy.
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I think it's definitely beneficial for these characters to have good acting voices behind them and it affects the characters in a way that people can feel like they're part of the game and that they know these characters.
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I never dreamed that shooting a film would be so hard. There was less regulation then of child actors' hours. Even the concept of acting confused me.
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The Mavericks and I have mutually agreed that it's in the best interest of both parties for me to step away from the team.
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I love whimsical things and forests. I'm really into all that.
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I will never sell Flipkart.
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If you do a Western that's funny, there's no way people don't call it a spoof or a parody, even though it may not be.
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Politicians make phony promises all the time that they can't deliver.
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My mom was dying for me to write a book, she was my biggest advocate.
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This is not a political issue. I know Florida's leadership has talked about a real commitment to helping our veterans. Now it's time for them to show it.
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High art consists neither in altering, nor in improving nature; but in seeking throughout nature for 'whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are pure;' in loving these, in displaying to the utmost of the painter's power such loveliness as is in them, and directing the thoughts of others to them by winning art, or gentle emphasis.
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My children have very little interest in my work. The most important question they have for me is, 'What's for tea?'
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The tea is ice-cold, the room grows colder and colder, but I grow warmer and warmer.
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Wine ... changing even as we taste it, delivers a message with meaning only in our response. If we are in the right key when we receive it, our eyes will shine and we shall radiate pleasure.
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Suffering does not necessarily ennoble you.
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Tea is the only simple pleasure left to us.
