Oscar Wilde Quotes
Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world.
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I want to resume the life of a shy person.
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I love playing live, I don't like studios all that much. I need the reaction of the audience.
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I'll tell you, in my life I've never once have seen a Hispanic panhandler, because in our community, it would be viewed as shameful to be out on the street begging. Those are all conservative values - faith, family, hard work, responsibility.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
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My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
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I want to have a long career.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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I've definitely had those moments when I think a relationship with somebody is one way, and then it just flips.
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When I got into college, I found what ultimately became my life's work. I couldn't sleep at night, I was so excited about it. So I'm attracted to people who play at that level. They actually want to play in their professional life.
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I loved being in Bombay. It was a pretty thrilling place to walk around and explore.
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'Haraamkhor' is a low budget film. We are not worried about the box office because our film is already in profit. It's got a strong content that will reach people's heart.
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I'll admit that I do quite like drinks that come in coconut shells. So there's always that.
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In Europe, a writer is supposed to improve up until he's about 75.
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Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
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Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.
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From the moment I got to Hollywood, I've always felt like I never really got to do what I wanted to do. In general, artists feel that you're never really allowed to accomplish what you would like to accomplish because there's just so much of this system that gets in the way; the business gets in the way of the art.
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Magnetic lines of force convey a far better and purer idea than the phrase magnetic current or magnetic flood: it avoids the assumption of a current or of two currents and also of fluids or a fluid, yet conveys a full and useful pictorial idea to the mind.
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All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.
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I can't remember life before I was an actor. In fact, I was an actor before I knew what it was to be an actor.
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The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their right names in research.
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Beauty has as many meanings as man has moods. Beauty is the symbol of symbols. Beauty reveals everything, because it expresses nothing. When it shows us itself, it shows us the whole fiery-coloured world.
