Oscar Wilde Quotes
Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Quotes to Explore
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People are stunned to hear that one company has data files on 185 million Americans.
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The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.
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I like power and I like to use it.
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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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In documentary films, you're a storyteller using found objects. You still have to have a story arc and all the elements that make a good story. It really helped me mature as a storyteller.
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There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.
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I am honoured to have been chosen for an Amitabh Bachchan film.
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The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
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The proposed Bush regulations put politics above the health care needs of Americans.
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I would think that other people could see if you had other talents. I grew and expanded from the Elly May role. I was doing real estate and personal appearances and kept my foot in the door.
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For someone making a pilot, assuming the talent is there and you can maneuver the system properly, it's just a matter of standing your ground and trying to make something great until you are making enough money for the studio that they let you keep making it.
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I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.
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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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It is imperative that the Christian, at the beginning of his pursuit to understand what true worship is, gets it clear that the object of our worship is to be God and God alone.
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I cannot imagine that I could strive for something if I did not carry hope in me.
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They flat their fifths, we drink ours.
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Everyone just talks about the problems our teenage girls are facing and what they're dealing with. But there was, to me, a void in how they were being served or helped. I thought, 'Wow, I'd love to create something.
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I never stopped making pictures. There were times when more of my income was coming from other sources, and I had to devote more time to television and movies and records.
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We have a war on women, race wars. Income wars, age wars, religious wars, anything you can imagine. A house divided against itself cannot stand it. And it's going to be up to us, to people, to begin the focus on the positive things, on the things that we have in common and stop listening to those who are stoking the fires of division.
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My people must be tried in all things, that they may be prepared to receive the glory that I have for them.
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Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
