Oscar Wilde Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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Good things happen when you meet strangers.
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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.
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I love doing what I do. I love asking questions. I love being in the mix.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Beauty pageants work as a platform from where you can reach out to many.
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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Historically, the Balkans have been an incubator of war.
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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.
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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.
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If a film is a huge hit, you do think properly before choosing your next projects.
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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.
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God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
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I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.
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I want to be remembered as a great athlete. As a boxing champion.
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I want to make democracy work not only for the rich and the well connected but for everyone.
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You go to a poem to get the mystery - and sometimes you go to get more confused.
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Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life.
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When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.
