Oscar Wilde Quotes
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Creating things sometimes is difficult.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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You think you choose the subjects of your books. But sometimes, in ways you don't know, the books choose you.
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People with a lot of money aren't in the business of throwing it away, and those paying footballers' wages, organising parking spaces for dead sharks, and even, dare I say it, buying iPads, are doing it because, for them, it's worth the money.
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I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches.
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When you make your living as a singer, you have to go where the gigs are.
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I was in love when I was in college; we all were. I remember how beautiful everybody was. Even the plain people looked beautiful.
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You know, the way I'm accepted, I almost feel like Judy Garland, truly. It makes no sense to me because I don't think that I've been any more outspoken... Or maybe I have, I don't know. But everyone I know supports anything that has to do with raising money or with AIDS.
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Death by hanging...I deserved it and I expected it, as I've always told you. I am glad that I have had the chance to defend myself and to think things over in the last few months.
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Beauty is a whore.
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Wisdom sits aloneTopmost in Heaven.
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Life science research can be done on multiple platforms. Since we have a very small number of people flying into space, the more people you have, the better.
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There are things that I don't like to talk about directly. There are relationships that I am in and have been in that I've written about in a slightly more abstract way, talking about how it affected me but not so much dealing with the other people involved.
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The most distinguishing element of my novels is that I try as hard as I can - within the context of a popular commercial thriller - to make them feel authentic. Drawing on real locations and real events is part of that authenticity.
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Everyone, it's okay to say the word 'bitcoin' and acknowledge that it is the actual platform that is driving this innovation that we're all building on. It's also okay to say 'the bitcoin blockchain,' or 'the blockchain,' if you're afraid that people will think you're weird.
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A lot of people say about 'Gossip Girl,' 'Well, how do you feel about gossip?' Well, who really likes gossip? No one likes to be talked about if it's not flattering or a compliment.
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I once said the Queen of England could use some fashion advice.
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I always had the idea that I wanted to perform. I love being the center of attention - and I always love talking about myself.
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Each material has its specific characteristics which we must understand if we want to use it. This is no less true of steel and concrete.
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The only reason to be with somebody is that they make you a better person and you make them a better person.
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Nowadays to be intelligible is to be found out.
