Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them to come out and face the cameras with confidence, but if they do, it will only help them. They will find themselves closer to their fans and will also get their word across more effectively.
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Are we going to solve the issue of poverty? Absolutely not. Are we going to have an impact? I'm committed to it, and if we don't, I'll have no regrets because we're going to try everything we can.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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A heroic nature is very Greek.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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To forgive oneself? No, that doesn't work: we have to be forgiven. But we can only believe this is possible if we ourselves can forgive.
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As the mother of two daughters, I have great respect for women. And I don't ever want to lose that.
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We talk about these legendary fighters, talk about how they had hundred-something fights, hundred-something victories... but when you look at the history books, I still beat more world champions than any fighter in history.
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Being a public servant, this is a serious job, not like a boxer, you're entertaining people.
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My personality is extremely unbalanced.
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Two successive commissioners in London police were fired by the mayor that came into office. That doesn't mean the police in London is not independent and does not exercise powers. Ultimately it is the political executive that has to answer.
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I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
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Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have.
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
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I know that people everywhere listen to hip-hop, but especially being from the South, you really get that influence. You go out, you party, and it's just always there. Also, I grew up listening and loving reggae music, too.
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I try to be myself as much as I can, I’m always trying to be myself, and I mean, I guess that’s what they’re voting for.
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In some extremely important ways, people are what you expect them to be, or at least they behave as you expect them to behave.
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I think Isambard Kingdom Brunel would be a good chap to have supper with. Anyone who builds a railway and then builds a steamship when he gets to Bristol and can't go any further must be a good chap.
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I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where. I love you simply, without problems or pride: I love you in this way because I do not know any other way of loving but this, in which there is no I or you, so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand, so intimate that when I fall asleep your eyes close.
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You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
