Oscar Wilde Quotes
There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.
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Adding 'just kidding' doesn't make it okay to insult the Principal.
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One's own religion is after all a matter between oneself and one's Maker and no one else's.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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I never carry a purse. My iPhone is always with me, a credit card, and a piece of mint chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream gum.
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Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.
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To discover the true principles of Morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods: They have need only of common sense.
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I used to wear miniskirts with my GB top, and sparkly sandals, and the boys would be like: 'Oh my gosh, this girl cannot be serious.'
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I think every major character I've played was originally for an older woman. I have no idea what that says. I guess I'm mature for my age.
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Because Islam in its original form was tough and hard, not weak and pliable.
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I'm a child of the Sixties.
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The Teenage Cancer Trust does incredible work supporting and caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and it's a cause that is really close to me and my family.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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My life is not perfect.
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Being a writer can be a very lonely profession, but having a network of people who can sympathize with everything you're going through - from contract issues to the terror of changing your novel from past- to present-tense - is an invaluable asset.
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Outward Peace is useless without inner Peace.
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Most people learn all about the Second World War in school, or else, they see so many films put out by Hollywood, that it's easy to think we know exactly what happened.
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We need to take the country in the right direction, whether it is around administrative policy decisions or legislative changes or ensuring the macroeconomic stability.
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The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by man.
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There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.
