Oscar Wilde Quotes
The only way to even approach doing something perfectly is through experience, and experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
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And just when we were at the end of our design process there was the news that the Italian government and the U.S. government had signed an agreement to fly the first Italian astronaut on that flight.
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Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny.
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My hat's off to Shonda Rhimes.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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I don't really yell at people.
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I think, I think we need a Republican president from the real world to remind ourselves sometimes of what we need to do.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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Poetry comes alive to me through recitation.
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People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
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My full name is E.G. Marshall. I am known by no other.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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Being in Harlem on the night of Barack Obama's election was extraordinary. It was the best street party I have ever gone to, and it felt like the period of American history which began with slavery had ended that evening.
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Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.
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It's a tough life being a pop star. You know, at the end of the day when you've paid all the bills and put the kids through college and that, you know, there's only enough left for a small island off the South Pacific.
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Do you know what integration really means? It means intermarriage. That's the real point behind it. You can't have it without intermarriage. And that would result in disintegration of both races.
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When I was growing up, there were so many musicals you could watch. I like the fantasy of musicals and I love music.
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The speed of change today is faster than the human psyche seems able to handle, and it's increasingly difficult to reconcile the rhythms of our personal lives with the rapidity of a twenty-four-hour news cycle.
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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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Being a recognised face has its problems. I miss the freedom to go anywhere I want to.
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A man who is used to acting in one way never changes; he must come to ruin when the times, in changing, no longer are in harmony with his ways.
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The only way to even approach doing something perfectly is through experience, and experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
