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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Part of my motivation for writing mysteries for young people is that I loved mysteries when I was growing up, and now that I'm on the creative end of things, I'm discovering that they're even more fun to write!
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A highbrow is a person educated beyond his intelligence.
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I'd say, for my freshman year in college, I was doing everything in my power to hide the fact that I had ever had any association with the Paul Green School of Rock Music because it was like this bruise. It was such a sore subject.
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Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some reason that he would like to do so, and would do so if he could, he is no less guilty than if he was caught in the act.
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If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
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That's where the Black Keys and Jack White have succeeded and I've failed: They've actually convinced college kids that they're listening to hip music - but it's just blues twisted a new way - while I'm playing for the college kid's parents.
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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.
