Oscar Wilde Quotes
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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In the Muslim world, there are many people who have been vocal and we have been very vocal against extremists. But how to win this battle is an ongoing battle. And we must continue to wage the battle for peace.
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I have lived all my life as part of an ethnic conflict.
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I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
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People sort of went crazy when 'BTWAM' came out. I'm happy a bunch of people read it. I'm happy it touched so many people. I'm less happy that it became an object for certain folks or was discussed that way. I'm less happy that journalists started scrolling through my kid's Instagram account.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I read the Scriptures at the American Cathedral on Christmas and Easter; that's it. It's a task I love.
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Badly constructed houses do for the healthy what badly constructed hospitals do for the sick. Once insure that the air in a house is stagnant, and sickness is certain to follow.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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Novels are longer than life.
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From early morning to late at night, it's such an interesting life, and I'm healthy and free, and that's not so easy with a family.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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You don't have to be a rock star - if you don't like the situation you're in, you don't have to settle for it.
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There's nobody that's ever really been able to take care of me. Johnny did for a bit. I believed what he said. Like if I said, 'What do I do?' he'd tell me. And that's what I missed when I left. I really lost that gauge of somebody I could trust.
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Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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I distrust camels, and anyone else who can go a week without a drink.
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A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
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I don't think I've ever watched a movie to prepare for a role.
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One of my fondest memories from childhood is of looking at a globe with my father. "What's the biggest country?" he'd ask me and my sister. We'd spin the globe around and guess. . . . The globe brought me a sense of wonder and adventure. I wanted to go to those other places and see how people did things differently. And, many years later, when I did visit other countries, I took my father's interest and fascination with me. When we plant the seeds of fascination and respect for other people, we are teaching tolerance and peace.
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America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
