Oscar Wilde Quotes
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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.
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I'm a big crier in general. The right life insurance commercial will take me out for a couple of days.
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I am interested in the subject which is Russia.
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The fact we don't have a lunar base has nothing to do with the technology. It has to do with public commitment and societal support.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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Statistics is the grammar of science.
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I can always go back to education.
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What I try to keep an eye on is I don't work for the party bosses in Washington. I work for 26 million Texans.
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The basic question 'will I obey Christ 's teaching?' is rarely taken as a serious issue. For example, to take one of Jesus' commands, that is relevant to contemporary life, I don't know of any church that actually teaches a church how to bless people who curse them, yet this is a clear command.
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The biological factors underlying race differences in sports have consequences for educational achievement, crime and sexual behavior.
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I've really loved steampunk for a long time, ever since 'Wild Wild West,' and it's always been a genre and an era that's fascinated me. But so often it's set in England, and that doesn't really resonate with me, or maybe it just seems a little overdone.
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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Find something that you love to do, and find a place that you really like to do it in. I found something I loved to do. I'm a mechanical engineer by training, and I loved it. I still do. My son is a nuclear engineer at MIT, a junior, and I get the same vibe from him. Your work has to be compelling. You spend a lot of time doing it.
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No one's promised anything. You could have the biggest record on radio and sell no records.
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For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
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Support for peaceful reform by the people themselves is the right way to promote democracy, not the use of force.
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I didn't necessarily want to be famous growing up, but I knew I would be a good famous person because I'm not offended if somebody comes up to me and knows things about me and wants to engage me in a conversation.
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No foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland.
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People say it gets better but it doesn't. It just gets different, that's all.
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Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.
