Oscar Wilde Quotes
A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.
Quotes to Explore
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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.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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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.
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Second place is just the first place loser.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I think a lot of playwrights have a script in their bottom drawer that hopefully no one will ever see about a bunch of young people sharing a flat and getting up to crazy stuff.
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I am a very selfish person.
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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.
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Nobody wanted to believe Jack Ma.
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Every historian with professional standards speaks or writes what he believes to be true.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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It's never fun having to bulk up for a job on an action film, then lose weight for another role. I don't actually mind working out, but it's the diet: I'm half-French, so I love my food, and boiled chicken breast for breakfast is not my idea of a good meal.
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We need to focus on building up our own nation and creating jobs here at home.
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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.
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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!
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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.
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The psychology of brutality was worse than the beatings.
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If we were to hit the level that Metallica or somebody like that hit, we'd have had a hard time dealing with it. I think it would have been our doom. It's hard for anybody at that level.
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We're just happy, ... We wanted to win this game so bad. I've got to take my hat off to my teammates. They played big. They really picked me up tonight.
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If you have something important to say, Broadway and New York are great places to say it.
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Jamie Oliver's books are the best. I love Jamie. Bless him!
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A great poet, a really great poet, is the most unpoetical of all creatures. But inferior poets are absolutely fascinating.
