Oscar Wilde Quotes

Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.

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Well, you know, in this crazy world of entertainment, I would say if you have a dream, you have to pursue it.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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When people read 'Breitbart' every single day and convince themselves that Barack Obama is a foreign terrorist, that is not a problem of government. That is a problem of community failure, and we have to recognize that.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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I don't like the blame game, though.
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I love a good Slash guitar riff. It's sexy!
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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A few months after NASA was formed, I was asked if I knew anyone who would like to set up a program in space astronomy.
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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In general, certain conclusions are possible from these data. They fail to prove that psychotherapy, Freudian or otherwise, facilitates the recovery of neurotic patients.
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Let us have peace.
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I've never really been a character on TV. I think, if possible, you want to portray yourself. If you're in a situation where you're supposed to react, you need to react.
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Let us therefore be of a reverent spirit, and fear the long-suffering of God, that it tend not to our condemnation.
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The coolest person to yourself is yourself, and we're like nerds, and we love to be smart, and that's okay.
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There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.
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I've taken the love of fashion from my mother, and journalism from my father.
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I'm lucky in that I can't see myself doing an office job every day. I'm lucky that I can play my sport and go around the world without too much to worry about outside that. I think it's good to be happy with what you're doing.
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The only way not to think about money is to have a great deal of it.
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Self-deprecation is my game.
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A man rising in the world is not concerned with history; he is too busy making it. But a citizen with a fixed place in the community wants to acquire a glorious past just as he acquires antique furniture. By that past he is reassured of his present importance; in it he finds strength to face the dangers that lie in front of him.
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If a man can... make a better mousetrap, the world will make a beaten path to his door.
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I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.