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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Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.
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There's some quality you get when you're not totally comfortable. When you're not doing what you're used to, you could completely fall on your face. You could completely blow it.
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Whenever I pick up a jacket and it's heavy, I think, 'Oh, I don't want to wear that.'
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The whole Land of Israel is a single bloc. There are those who say we can build inside the settlement blocs, and others who say we may not be able to hold onto the towns outside the blocs. I have come to tell you what the Arabs already know - that the Land of Israel is one bloc.
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Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
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You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.
