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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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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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 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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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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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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I'm an outsider.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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The gremlins are clearly the ones have the most fun in the film, trashing the town, going to the bar, smashing things, etc. It's all gleeful chaos, which makes the movie fun.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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Still often interventionist, convinced of our importance in the world, even those of us born long after 1900 live in a country that is much more Victorian than we think.
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What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.
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It's just so out of control. Life, I mean. The way it flies off in all these different directions without your permission.
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I've always kind of been an in-the-moment kind of person. I don't think that far in advance or have any idea what's around the next corner.
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I feel lucky that I found my talent, not unlucky that I was born with a disability. When I'm on a horse, I'm more worried about what the riding hat is doing to my hair than what my bent legs and arms are doing. What riding has given me is respect.
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I knew why people were afraid of the future. Because the future wasn’t going to look like the past. That was really scary.
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It has been my experience that work on the screen clarifies stage portrayals and vice versa. You learn to make your face express more in making movies, and in working for the theater you have a sense of greater freedom.
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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.
