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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As a young child, I was never a crier. I never cried to get my way, or even when I was in pain.
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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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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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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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Whenever I visited China in the past, the relationships always felt superficial; there was no time where I felt those moments of conflict and delight that make you feel close to another person. But since I started touring there in 2004, I would always collaborate with local musicians, and that opened up a new level of intimacy.
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Being an actress is similar to trying to fit in with the popular kids in high school. You're expected to drive the right car, wear the right clothes and say the right things.
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We have cultural expectations that everyone needs a dining room, yet they're only used three times a year. But if I put a bone handle on the door of an upper-end brick home, I'm making an outlandish statement.
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Take pains. Be perfect.
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If I could figure out a way to earn a living while traveling for the rest of my life, well, I think that'd be a dream come true.
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Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.
