Oscar Wilde Quotes
Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.
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My dad only ever talked about two things: bicycles and Mercedes.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.
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I don't want to get too philosophical, but in a sense, you're given this gift, this sort of creative force in you, and I think everyone has it, and it's completely unique to you. And you as a person have a little bit of a responsibility as its shepherd if you choose to incorporate that into your life.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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I do think that 'Pretty Little Liars' has raised the bar in how social media can tie into the fan base watching the show.
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After 'Heart Skips A Beat' hit No.1, I barely had a chance to celebrate 'cos it was straight over to the judges' houses for the 'Xtra Factor,' filming in Greece, L.A. and Spain.
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I want do a Mandarin language movie. It'll probably be the next movie I do after the one I do next.
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I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
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I'm literally open to any medium that will have me.
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I wanted to be a child actor so bad that every day I'd beg my parents if I could audition, but my mom said, 'Not until you can drive yourself to auditions.'
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It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.
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Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.
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To have the chance to see your music be elevated and to have almost universally positive response to that music, makes me feel better every day. I feel more confident and inspired, and that's fun.
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We shall be remembered in history as the most cruel, and therefore the most unwise, generation of men that ever yet troubled the earth: - the most cruel in proportion to their sensibility, - the most unwise in proportion to their science. No people, understanding pain, ever inflicted so much: no people, understanding facts, ever acted on them so little.
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A mountain has no need for people, but people do need mountains. We go to them for their beauty, for the exhilaration of standing closer to mysterious skies, for the feeling of triumph that comes from having labored to reach a summit.
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Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.
