Oscar Wilde Quotes
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I love the States and their attitudes about entertainment.
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I never was for telephones. Just don't like them, that's all. Anybody wants to talk to you, they can come to see you.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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Just like I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.
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If I can still have Hollywood and a piece of Bollywood, I will take it.
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I've got good speed off the edge.
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If I'm preparing for something and I've got a huge day the next day, I have to get into character the night before to assess the scene. I can't assess a scene unless I'm in character, if that makes sense.
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My responsibility is to follow the law.
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I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates should not become public in the way of this city and in the way of Congress.
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Just celebrate the life you had, not the life you could've had.
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The power of forgiveness is huge; it is really big, and it can save this world.
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I find Shakespeare terrifying. When Simon Russell Beale does a speech, I understand every word of it, but if I did the same speech, people would be going, 'Huh? What?'
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Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
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Singing is a limitless form of expression, and I love to experiment with my work.
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I'm interested in fashion; I buy fairly good pieces, and I think as I've gotten older, I've pared down a lot.
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This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary.
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The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.
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Nothing seduces vanity like the word "help".
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Could any symbol be any more appropriate of the ambiguity of human transformation? What mushroom is it that grows at the end of history? Is it Stropharia cubensis, or is it the creation of Edward Teller? This is an unresolved problem.
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Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
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The single most influential force that controls your attitudes, beliefs, capabilities and emotions is repetition - the words you silently use, over and over again, in your internal dialogue with yourself.
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The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
