Oscar Wilde Quotes

And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.

Oscar Wilde

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• Oracle is obsessed with security. It's an absolute requirement for all our products. The real security issue is when customers take older products that were not built for the Internet, and kind of rack them and put them on the Internet.

  

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• I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.

  

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• Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.

  

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• I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.

  

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• I might go on discussing this subject at great length, but after all is said, done, and written, my own book of experiences will best show what these obstacles are, and how I managed to overcome them to some extent.

  

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• A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

  

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• I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.

  

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• Vatican II was a force that seized the mind of the Roman Catholic Church and carried it across centuries from the 13th to the 20th.

  

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• To hear of a thousand deaths in war is terrible, and we 'know' that it is. But as it registers on our hearts, it is not more terrible than one death fully imagined.

  

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• By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

  

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• The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures.

  

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• I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.

  

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• I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples - etching and prints.

  

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• Our founders did not oust George III in order for us to crown Richard I.

  

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• When I go from a role with heavy prosthetic makeup, which I've done quite a bit of as well, and then do a role where I'm not wearing any, I have to be conscious of toning everything down.

  

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• First, we will focus on the privatization of small and medium sized enterprises, followed by the medium size industry and then we will move on to the heavy industry.

  

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• I think anytime you get nominated for an award, it's a very humbling thing.

  

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• I wish that I could tell you that I have a season ski pass, but I have had to give that up since I've been in the Senate.

  

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• And what sort of lives do these people, who pose as being moral, lead themselves? My dear fellow, you forget that we are in the native land of the hypocrite.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • People
  • Moral
  • Lives