Oscar Wilde Quotes
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'Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.
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When man possesses a good, sound body that does not overpower him nor disturb the equilibrium in him, he possesses a divine gift. In short, a good constitution facilitates the rule of the soul over the body, but it is not impossible to conquer a bad constitution by training.
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It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska.
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Marriage has always been a state and local issue.
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I'm a comedian who got into movies, so I don't really think of myself as an actor.
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All of the songs my grandparents and parents listened to are called boleros - they're all love songs. They're about giving your heart to a person. It's a culture that is so romantic and passionate, and that's something that I'm very proud of. We grew up with nothing, so we just want to live a life full of love.
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I've struggled with depression before. For me, music was always a very positive way to will myself out of that situation.
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For me, and this may not be everybody, but because I do love country music so much, there's such a feeling of home in Nashville, especially because it's such a small town. You bring up one song, everybody knows who wrote it, everybody knows their mother and what their cell number is, and all of the stories.
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For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
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I think it's fine for girls to ask boys out. I actually prefer it.
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When I was growing up in Iraq, there was an unbroken belief in progress and a great sense of optimism. It was a moment of nation building.
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But I'm so slow on it because I find it terribly hard writing blind on computers. The computer speaks to me, but it's just so slow, I'm so terribly slow using it.
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There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips.
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A lot of American playwrights seem to have a career as a playwright. I don't consider it a career at all.
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America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.
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Winning is about heart, not just legs. It's got to be in the right place.
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I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue.
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I hate people who think it's clever to take drugs... like custom officers.
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I love running the floor and doing crazy dunks. I think I bring a lot of enthusiasm to the team.
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I believe in miracles. At the age of 13, I was on holiday in Moscow with my mother. It was the only trip I took in my whole childhood. We stepped off a metro train and were approached by a talent scout who told me that she wanted to sign me to her modeling agency.
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One in ten thousand of us can make a technological breakthrough capable of supporting all the rest. The youth of today are absolutely right in recognizing this nonsense of earning a wage.
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I'm very, very used to hearing no - repeatedly! - and through my experience founding startups, I've learned to view those two little letters not as a final roadblock but as a problem to be solved.
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I never listen to music when I write. It's too much of a distraction.
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It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense than to listen to it.
