Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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She's been on more laps than a napkin.
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When I was right out of college, I felt competitive with some of the guys in my class over career stuff.
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I've no regrets at all, but I still think at times that I would have loved to play in England. You live football over there; it's a great culture. People respect you more; it's more difficult to find respect in Spain. There is more criticism here.
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I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.
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The vampires in the 'VAMPS' series judge each other as harshly as they judge humans, and basically, vampires don't get along very well. So you've got a culture that's from cradle to grave like the worst high school you've ever been in.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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However, I am willing to hear what you can produce from Scripture in favor of any kind of slavery.
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Contrary to rumor, sometimes I can be quite a laugh.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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I love movies, and if the right thing comes along I'm so interested.
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I'm not into nostalgia, and I only look back to find lessons.
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I can say with a level of confidence that Islam is not a religion of war, only because the majority of Muslims don't subscribe to that perspective, not because there's something inherent in the text that tells me it's a religion of peace.
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It has been very good here, but the World Cup game was different. It had a different significance to it.
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A lot of times, you think you want something, and then you find something completely different.
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An effective human being is a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.
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I believe the President was enormously effective in small groups, small groups being anything under a hundred, where you could really communicate.
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You need some time off from baseball. Like, when you have a bad game, or you end up playing really good, you go home, and you need to chill out.
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The Andrians were the first of the islanders to refuse Themistocles' demand for money. He had put it to them that they would be unable to avoid paying, because the Athenians had the support of two powerful deities, one called Persuasion and the other Compulsion.The Andrians had replied that Athens was lucky to have two such useful gods, who were obviously responsible for her wealth and greatness; unfortunately, they themselves, in their small & inadequate land, had two utterly useless deities, who refused to leave the island and insisted on staying; and their names were Poverty and Inability.
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I get very nervous in un-trodden territory but it's important to keep doing it just to prove to myself that I can do it.
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There is no sphere in which a human being can be supposed to act where one mode of reasoning will not, in every given instance, be more reasonable than any other mode. That mode the being is bound by every principle of justice to pursue.
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Some things are more precious because they don't last long.
