Oscar Wilde Quotes
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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I was in culinary school for a little while, but it was just too hard to cut weight and cook at the same time.
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'Longmire' is more of a show about the characters, and you couldn't pay a bigger compliment than to want to know more about my character, or the characters on the show.
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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
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I like Thomas Jefferson, though he intimidated me. I thought he would have been very tough to be around. I don't know if he had such a sense of humor.
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God isn't really interested in our batting averages.
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I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.
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'Life as a Dog' is when I really started to feel comfortable, like I had the due north on my compass.
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Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.
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I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
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Science must begin with myths, and with the criticism of myths.
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I worry about everything in the world, and it's just too much for anybody to think about, so I have my art as my consolation.
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I don't think I realized the extremes of my proportions until I moved to Paris. I thought I'd be 'normal' as a model, but actually, even in that world, I was at one end of the spectrum.
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In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking to each other and still look as if they're in love because really they're loving the camera loving them.
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Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
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As a young girl I think I wanted to be a horse woman. I loved horses.
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Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to have others ascribe such importance to something you know you're just renting for a while.
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Good planning is important. I've also regarded a sense of humor as one of the most important things on a big expedition. When you're in a difficult or dangerous situation, or when you're depressed about the chances of success, someone who can make you laugh eases the tension.
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I enjoy playing characters where the silence is loud.
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My recipe for bliss on a Friday night consists of a 'New York Times' crossword puzzle and a new episode of 'Homicide;' Saturdays and Sundays are oriented around walks in the woods with the dog, human companion in tow some of the time but not always.
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In real life, I'm gorgeous, beautiful.
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I was a little boy who watched 'Solid Gold' every week and wanted to be a 'Solid Gold' dancer. And I would do very in-depth reenactments of 'Grease 2' and 'West Side Story' with my sister Natalie in our garage. I was a very theatrical kid.
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“I guess I should have said that you're a tragic loss because your brains were yours and yours alone. You were the one who could pull the sword out of the stone. And you gave it all up.”
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Lean on principles, one day they'll end up giving way.
