Oscar Wilde Quotes
We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.
Quotes to Explore
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You don't have to be an heiress to look like one, if you act like one then everyone will just presume you are one.
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I'm kind of a perfectionist, and it gets in the way with my putting sometimes. Golf is a messed-up game. When you feel you've figured it out is when you're going to struggle.
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No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent.
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The winner of the hoop race will be the first to realize her dream, not society's dream, her own personal dream.
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God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
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My real last name is Galifianakisburg.
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I don't want to see blood spewing out but I don't mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No.
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I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we're so held back. So perhaps that's why I feel a duty to make my work. I feel liberated when I'm doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it.
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I suppose I shouldn't go around admitting I speak untruths on the radio. When I say something untrue on the air, I mean for it to be transparently untrue. I assume people know when I'm just saying something for effect. Or to be funny.
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One of the goals of the Feminist Elite is to reinforce to women the idea that men are obsolete.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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Of puns it has been said that those who most dislike them are those who are least able to utter them.
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The path that went by the little house had become a road. Almost every day Laura and Mary stopped their playing and stared in surprise at a wagon slowly creaking by on that road.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate myself from the other champions.
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The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.
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I'm a very private person. My life story isn't for everybody.
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I've stolen a couple of hearts and they are in my private collection!
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EVERY intention which does not assert itself by deeds is a vain intention, and the speech which expresses it is idle speech. It is action which proves life and establishes will.
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In a very weak economy, when you say 'cut government spending,' what you mean is you're laying off school teachers and you're de-funding various programs that put money into the economy. This means you have more unemployed people that then draw unemployment benefits and don't pay taxes.
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If thy brother wrongs thee, remember not so much his wrong-doing, but more than ever that he is thy brother.
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Everywhere we go, people recognize me.
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We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body.
