Oscar Wilde Quotes
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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I'd love to do something where I can act and dance at the same time, like on Broadway or in movies.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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I worry that my daughters are too taken care of.
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I want to drink champagne from ladies' shoes.
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I'm not a cheater, but if I win Olympic gold and people are looking at me and saying I am a cheat because I've won, it's hugely disrespectful given the hard work I've put in.
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My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?
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I became a novelist because of 'Gone With the Wind,' or more precisely, my mother raised me up to be a 'Southern' novelist, with a strong emphasis on the word 'Southern' because 'Gone With the Wind' set my mother's imagination ablaze when she was a young girl growing up in Atlanta.
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My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
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I choose to express myself.
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You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.
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Beijing was a huge slap in the face, and it forced me to look at myself. I have to realise that this is my life.
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It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
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I've just tried to keep my eyes open, tried to read everything you can, and tried to see whether I see myself within it. If I do, then I can get excited about it.
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Most of all, I love being a storyteller. And yes, I want to make a good living, but I'm not always driven by the best commercial sense.
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Steadman! Any guy that's got Oprah as a girlfriend, I mean that's a good dude. I want to talk to him.
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I respect the British a lot - their history, their past, their culture. I think it's beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.
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The idea that we could have a child who escapes from the confines of the adult world and goes somewhere where he has power, both literally and metaphorically, really appealed to me.
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It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
