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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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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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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When I was 18, I couldn't wait to move away. I was like: 'If I ever have to come back here, I'll kill myself.' Glasgow seemed like failure and death to me back then, but not any more.
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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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I stopped acting when I was 19. The only time I acted again was during the war, when there were no other Nazis available.
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I like to say that arms are not for killing. They are for hugging.
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I used to break three or four strings a night, and the show would be over because I didn't know how to change the strings.
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Life is very sweet, brother; who would wish to die?
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Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.
