Oscar Wilde Quotes
Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.
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Money can't buy everything, but it can buy most of it. Because of money, I could give my parents a comfortable life.
Kangana Ranaut
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If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice.
Salma Hayek
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I put everything I think is sexy into my shoes.
Manolo Blahnik
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
Calamity Jane
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I really love to make sweeping historical gestures that are like little illustrations of novels.
Kara Walker
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Many a sin has sullied me in body and in soul because I did not restrain my thoughts nor guard my lips: nevertheless it is to Thee, O God of majesty and love, that I turn in my extremity, for Thou art the fount of mercy; to Thee, as quickly as I may, I speed: for Thou alone canst heal me; I take refuge under Thy protection.
Saint Ambrose
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
Vera Farmiga
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
Pardis Sabeti
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I love the creativity of New York, but I don't enjoy the city - I don't like living here.
Zubin Mehta
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I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.
Kailash Kher
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In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.
Hannah Arendt
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
Aaron Lazar
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
Ed Speleers
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
Rachel Zoe
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I have admired David Bromley's work for years. He possesses such a wild and vivid imagination and really sees the beauty in everything.
Mallory Jansen
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These are moments in your life to be cherished; they don't come around that often. To be flying around in a 'Game of Thrones' jet, to be greeted by massive enthusiasts.
Natalie Dormer
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
Yakov Smirnoff
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I think I felt at some point that I couldn't understand poetry or that it was beyond me or it didn't speak to my experience. I think that was because I hadn't yet found the right poems to invite me in.
Natasha Trethewey
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I'm all about showing people that I'm a little messed up, I have a lot of the same problems you have. By exposing myself and putting myself out there, people can relate to me and my act won't grow stale. I mean, nobody wants to hear a comedian say, 'Life is great.'
Gabriel Iglesias
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For me, being comfortable is the best way to express my personality. Some days I like to be chill and wear my Stan Smiths with a cool little jacket, a blouse, and some lipstick for night, and that's it.
Elodie Yung
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Our eternal spiritual self is more real than anything we perceive in this physical realm, and has a divine connection to the infinite love of the Creator.
Eben Alexander
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People naturally despise a dependant.
William Dean Howells
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Can you tell a plain man the road to heaven? Certainly, turn at once to the right, and then go straight forward.
William Wilberforce
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Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.
Oscar Wilde