Oscar Wilde Quotes
Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.
Quotes to Explore
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The harder you work, the luckier you get.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.
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I'm not the biggest comic book fan.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then there's this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering.
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I love to write.
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It didn't scare me to be vulnerable because I think that's when you get something great.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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I don't ever want anything to come in the way of me truthfully telling a story.
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The more activity around Chicago-based companies, and the more success that entrepreneurs have in Chicago, the better we as venture capitalists in Chicago will do.
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Men must turn square corners when they deal with the Government.
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The great thing about Gospel is that you don't have to have an album every year in order to keep working.
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With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.
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I run a fast pace on my sets, man. I like the energy of the scene to be the energy on the set. I think it affects the actors, and I think it affects the crew. There's that sensation like you're really shooting it for real, like in a documentary.
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I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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Every person's opinion, in a way, does matter.
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It is better to arm and strengthen your hero, than to disarm and enfeeble your foe.
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I did not have a father. It was my mom who chose to be alone. She felt that she would be better off by herself with me after I was born.
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I had heard all sorts of stories about Woody Allen's directing - directorial approach. And some of them turned out to be myth, but one of them was that he doesn't rehearse, and another was that he doesn't really direct. If he doesn't like it... he cuts it out of the movie or even replaces you. And he doesn't talk to you.
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I just want us to all have a good time and to party and enjoy this life, because it's too short. It's too short.
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Anybody can write a three-volume novel. It merely requires a complete ignorance of both life and literature.
