Oscar Wilde Quotes
The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
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A long life in journalism convinced me many presidents ago that there should be a large air space between a journalist and the head of a state.
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He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.
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Homophobia is rampant in soccer, probably more so than in any other sport. I'm not sure why.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.
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I think it's just important to be able to keep things to myself and to have these moments that can't be - where I don't put them out and feel like they could be misunderstood, you know?
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And also, it's sort of my job to make you believe things about him that aren't true about me.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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I would rather have a million friends than a million dollars.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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I always used to watch 'The Daily Show,' and there were all these comedic geniuses there. I didn't know if I was going to be hired full time or not. At the beginning, I was sort of hired as a part time, on and off guy. When I first got hired - it was August 2006 - and I was working on and off, and they'd call me whenever.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
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I love children. I just don't know if I'm ready to have kids. I feel like I have more time. Kids are cute, you know? They need a lot of help - that's the thing.
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Everything I learned about the Great Depression was from a college textbook.
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People don't want to treat their nannies subserviently. They don't want to act like bosses. And so nobody quite knows how to behave, and everyone is slightly pretending that the mother and nanny are 'equal' - when that's not the case. And pretending you are equal can make things complicated, even dangerous.
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You can cage the singer but not the song.
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Of all the events which constitute a person's biography, there is scarcely one - none, certainly, of anything like a similar importance - to which the world so easily reconciles itself as to his death.
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A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes.
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The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.
