Oscar Wilde Quotes
A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.
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'Cold Case Files' and similar shows do bang up business, which points to a certain thirst for details in the viewership, but it seems like all the news chat shows continue to force the myth that Americans can't stand detail and have no interest in an idea that can't fit on a bumper sticker.
Hal Sparks
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
Barbara Smith
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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
Candice Olson
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Second place is just the first place loser.
Dale Earnhardt
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When I was a child, I'd see a movie, I took it for what it was, I enjoyed it. And if I believed it I would tend to be more interested in knowing more about it.
Oliver Stone
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
Carl Jung
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The first song I did was over a Chief Keef beat – 'Understand Me.' I did that in, like, 2011 or 2012, I think.
Fetty Wap
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I am a very selfish person.
Lara Flynn Boyle
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
Zbigniew Brzezinski
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Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.
Jack Ma
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
Karl Amadeus Hartmann
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
Ted Deutch
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Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.
Katharine Anthony
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I love how easy it is to run my business, Writing Workshops Los Angeles, with the help of email and my website. I love that I don't have to use cuneiform, a quill, or a typewriter to write my novels - I love to write on my laptop!
Edan Lepucki
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It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
P. J. O'Rourke
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There was a verse that said if you are lukewarm rather than hot or cold, God will spit you out of his mouth on Judgment Day. And I felt like, I mean, I don't know. I'm lukewarm.
Maggie Rowe
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Life isn't fair, and it isn't government's job to make life fair. But if you're not willing to give up on yourself, then we shouldn't give up on you, either.
Tammy Duckworth
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Crossroads is second to none in our support of Tea Party candidates. In 2010 and '12, we spent over $30 million for Senate candidates who were Tea Party candidates. We spent almost $20 million for House candidates who were Tea Party candidates.
Karl Rove
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You need to prepare the child you have for the world that exists.
Hanna Rosin
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Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.
Jack Paar
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When I was 13 I had a fake Id that said that I was 19. I was getting in all the clubs.
Kurtis Blow
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I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it.
Charles Kuralt
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I don't ever feel like anybody knows who I am.
Amber Riley
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A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.
Oscar Wilde