Oscar Wilde Quotes
In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.
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The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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I have an enormous metabolism, so I'm lucky.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.
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Be as polite to the custodian as you are to the chairman of the board.
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A lot of people quit looking for work as soon as they find a job.
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If you're writing a scene for a character with whom you disagree in every way, you still need to show how that character is absolutely justified in his or her own mind, or the scene will come across as being about the author's views rather than about the character's.
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The secret of success lies in that old word, 'Drudgery,' in doing one thing long after it ceases to be amusing; and it is 'this one thing I do' that gathers me together from my chaos, that concentrates me from possibilities to powers, and turns powers into achievements.
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It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.
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Defeating racism, tribalism, intolerance and all forms of discrimination will liberate us all, victim and perpetrator alike.
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Political ideology can corrupt the mind, and science.
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I was fortunate to have teachers that were flexible with allowing me to miss more class than I was supposed to be able to, for the sake of being able to tour.
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If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me.
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People have a right to violence, to rebel, to fight back.
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I have no fancy living at all. Well, I have a house in Sun Valley. Five acres in the woods. I guess that's fancy.
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For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.
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Hollywood is great. I also think it's stupid and small-minded and shortsighted.
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Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online.
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Witness protection just makes for exciting stories and it's a really rich sort of place to grab stories from... people starting over completely, saying goodbye to their lives before... it never ends in terms of story opportunities.
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I've already told so many people my stories.
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In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.
