Oscar Wilde Quotes
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The first function of a book review should be, I believe, to give some idea of the contents and character of the book.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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Sometimes I like to watch TV, though I never get to watch any of the shows in real time. I'm a fan of 'Downton Abbey,' 'Boardwalk Empire,' and 'Boss.' There's a British series called 'Luther,' but in England, they think a series means four episodes. And I like 'Mad Men.' Otherwise, it's always good to unwind with a book.
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I think it all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
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One rose says more than the dozen.
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I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you believe spiritually in God or in a good force and an evil force. We get almost to our blessing, and we quit. Don't stop.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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The Obama administration has provided almost no public information about the NSA's compliance record.
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But the issue has to do with land, which is our land.
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And my friends, you ain't seen nothin' yet.
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Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.
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All I remember is the last time I played a videogame, it was Space Invaders.
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I got a gymnastics scholarship to college, fell in love with my true love of my whole life - who I'm married to now - and he was a virgin too. It was very romantic.
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We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans.
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If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.
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If you're not bruised up, then you're not doing an action film in a real way.
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Little boys have amazing minds.
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I was the female lead in a romantic comedy. It's a little indie film that we shot in China called 'America Town,' starring Daniel Henney and Bill Paxton. I actually had to speak Chinese in the film. It was funny because I found out I was doing the film and then a week later, I was in Shanghai.
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I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.
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I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of being a larger-than-life character.
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You never know what show is going to change your life.
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I treated Art as the supreme reality and life as a mere mode of fiction.
