Oscar Wilde Quotes
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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I would do fragrance. I'm a fragrance fanatic.
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Fear is the dark room where the Devil develops his negatives.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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D.C. is where I started. That's home for me. I always love coming back to the area. They treat me so well, and people show up. They're excited and claim me as their own. I love it.
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Once there was a boy so meek and modest, he was awarded a Most Humble badge. The next day, it was taken away because he wore it. Here endeth the lesson.
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I like to act with people that know what they're doing.
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Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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In reality, I've always been an actor - since I was a kid. I did theater growing up in New York. I was always in the plays in school. I was either going to be an actor or an athlete or a soldier. Those were kind of the three paths that I always kind of embarked on.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.
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By taking notice of those feelings and images that seemed to be in my blood and bones rather than in my head, I had found myself able to behave, not less reasonably, but more so. Apparently it was as much a false extreme to try and live by reason alone, leaving the passions out of count, as to ignore reason and put passion in its place as the guiding force of life.
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Crying, waiting, hoping, that you'll come back.I just can't seem to get you off my mind.Crying, waiting, hoping, that you'll come back.You're the one I love and I think about you all the time.
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It's so hard to do and so easy to say but sometimes you just have to walk away.
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In contrast with the law, which imposed giving as a divine requirement, Christian giving is voluntary, and a test of sincerity and love.
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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.
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Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.
