Oscar Wilde Quotes
They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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I love the idea of using film language similarly to how musicians use music - combining images and sounds in a way that they create an emotional effect.
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The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations.
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The first time I walked on a stage I knew that was what I was created to do. I knew that there was a calling and a sense of purpose in my life that gave me fulfillment and a sense of destiny.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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I realized I was more convincing to myself and to the people who were listening when I actually said what I thought, versus what I thought people wanted to hear me say.
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I said what I said before Congress because I meant every word of it.
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The night before the Nobel announcement every year, I've gone to bed feeling quite anxious. I was optimistic, and also I knew it might never happen.
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I'm a big fan of Rand Paul; he and I are good friends. I don't agree with him on foreign policy.
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'I have marched in many a battle host,' Adaon answered quietly, 'but I have also planted seeds and reaped the harvest with my own hands. And I have learned there is greater honor in a field well plowed than in a field steeped in blood.'
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You know, Hillary Clinton gives of herself. Princess Diana gave of herself. But they are not saints.
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I am not - thank heavens - one of those 'driven' writers who spend a fortnight buckled with empty fright over an untouched page only to wake at two in the morning feverish with paragraphs.
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Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.
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Sometimes going in for a hard tackle generates a louder cheer than a great pass.
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Also there's two sides of it, I mean, a band like us, at our level and the way we have to promote ourselves and usually radio just completely turns their back on us, at the same time I think Mp3s help promote us somewhat, spreading the word about the album and stuff.
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The probability of death is quite high on the first human mission to Mars.
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When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I was a little kid, I have been really into royals and aristocracy. So to make Lord more feminine, I just put an 'e' on the end! Some people think it's religious, but it's not.
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I used to go to soul nights because I loved dancing, and so did my friends, and we loved the music. We used to go listen to black American soul.
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Chill December brings the sleet, Blazing fire, and Christmas treat.
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I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.
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Talkativeness has another plague attached to it, even curiosity; for praters wish to hear much that they may have much to say.
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Upon my return from the army to Baltimore in the winter of 1777, I sat next to John Adams in Congress, and upon my whispering to him and asking him if he thought we should succeed in our struggle with Great Britain, he answered me, "Yes-if we fear God and repent of our sins."
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The problem in the Syrian opposition is not between Islamists and non-Islamists. It was the lack of any political experience after 50 years of no political experience. The problem was a lack of political organizations that are truly effective and powerful. This is still a challenge now; it is a weakness in the reality of Syrian political life.
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They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.
