Oscar Wilde Quotes
There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm as radical as libertarians come.
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The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
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I went to Floridita on Wardour Street when I was 18. All I could afford was pumpkin soup and a glass of champagne, but it was worth it.
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It's more important to fly midpoint in deals and work together than to try to haggle for the last dollar.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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I love to make a one-pot meal - think stir-fry but in the French Fricassee. I start with what takes the longest to roast and then add vegetables, fresh herbs, and starch until the meal is complete in one shot.
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My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
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I love Bob Altman. I always admired him so much because I always thought he was a genuine voice.
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It is not important what Rahul Gandhi thinks, its important what a billion Indians think.
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Barbarism is needed every four or five hundred years to bring the world back to life. Otherwise it would die of civilization.
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In managers, I look for people who can get things done through other people. The most important thing for a good manager is that the people on his team feel like he or she has integrity.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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Google is working on self-driving cars, and they seem to work. People are so bad at driving cars that computers don't have to be that good to be much better.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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We are not going back to the failed policies of the past. We are fighting for the middle class!
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September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
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I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?
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My best advice to any young person is, if you want kids, be careful who you have them with. That's my mantra.
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Sometimes I think I'm the craziest person on the planet.
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I considered becoming a priest very seriously. I wanted to travel the world. By the time I turned 16, I realized I was only in it for selfish reasons. And, more importantly, I didn't want to sacrifice the ladies!
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There's nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It's a thing no married man knows anything about.
