Oscar Wilde Quotes
Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.
Quotes to Explore
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We are slaves to whatever we don't understand.
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I am happy with all the films I've done. I have not become the victim of an image. I have managed to do different roles, and I am proud of that.
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Women are the heads of most households in our state and make the most financial decisions for their families.
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I love, personally, the experience of going to the theater, going to the cinema.
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When Nelson Mandela walked free, the world sang with joy. Ever since, South Africa has stood as a beacon of hope for Africa.
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Authority has to exist before it can be limited, and it is authority that is in scarce supply in those modernizing countries where government is at the mercy of alienated intellectuals, rambunctious colonels, and rioting students.
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I've been a big astrophysics nut since I was 12. I have always had a real soft spot for the bizarreness of quantum mechanics. But I gave up on being a scientist in high school - I'm just not that good at math.
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I find Los Angeles to be a place of great physical beauty, in which you have the oceans and the mountains, and there's a vertical sense and a desert light that you can see forever.
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Led Zeppelin. Queen. Deep Purple. These were the bands I listened to. I still listen to them.
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Even if I'm making music for people for $20 a night, at least I'm making music.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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If I do a certain number of ads, I have to do a personal project in between, just for my own sanity. I still consider myself a punk-rock kid.
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There's a unique bond of trust between readers and authors that I don't believe exists in any other art form; as a reader, I trust a novelist to give me his or her best effort, however flawed.
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I think more and more people these days go for the safe option in film making.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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Foreigners don't want to invest any more in France - and this is not working.
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I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.
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Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.
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My mum told me to have patience. It's about realising that when things aren't going the way you want them to, or you don't have inspiration, it will come.
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The world is made up of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.
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I met PJ Harvey when I was in England, and the first thing I want to do when I meet a songwriter I admire is to ask them how do they receive songs.
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I need more sex, OK? Before I die I wanna taste everyone in the world.
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Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.
