Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Good things happen when you meet strangers.
Yo-Yo Ma -
When I first moved to New York, I wanted to be a dancer. I danced professionally for years, living a hand-to-mouth existence. I never tapped into nightlife; all I knew was dancers. We went to bed early and got up early and went to free concerts at the Lincoln Center and Shakespeare in the Park.
Madonna Breakfast Club -
I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.
Larry King -
The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
Daley Thompson -
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.
Isaac Asimov -
It is a profound and necessary truth that the deep things in science are not found because they are useful; they were found because it was possible to find them.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Tacitus -
I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the edges of all those jobs I have written poems, stories, and books, books, books.
Karen Hesse -
Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
Rakul Preet Singh -
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
Joanne Rowling -
Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
Pat Buchanan -
All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
Park Chan-wook
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Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.
Earl Nightingale -
If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
Yami Gautam -
What I do miss that I don't get anymore? You're going to think I'm crazy, but you want the truth, so here it is. The lights! I miss the spotlights. I don't mean it figuratively. I mean it literally. I love the feeling of lights.
Barbara Mandrell -
God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
Edna St. Vincent Millay -
I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.
Idi Amin
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Going back to high school and college, I believed I would be involved in public service. I literally could not conceptualize anything else.
Bill de Blasio -
A major league pitching coach is a really difficult job. It takes a big commitment in terms of time, travel and workload.
David Cone -
I wouldn't walk across the street to piss down Don Shula's throat if he was on fire.
Johnny Unitas -
When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.
Oscar Wilde