Oscar Wilde Quotes
In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
Quotes to Explore
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We can help a whole lot of people if we could figure out a way to expand Medicaid and get people the care that they need.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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Being evil is easy.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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I was very good in all the maths and sciences.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
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It's incredible what happens when you explain to kids what good food is - they get so excited! They go home and tell their parents... and they're excited to cook the recipes themselves in class.
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In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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I enjoyed making this album a lot because of the knowledge we acquired over the last 3 years.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
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People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.
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The red-carpet thing of premieres and parties is probably my least favourite part of my job.
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To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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Let me know when you begin the new tea, and the new white wine. My present elegancies have not yet made me indifferent to such matters. I am still a cat if I see a mouse.
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And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these Ithacas mean.
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It is fun to smash guitars.
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If you don't believe you can win, there is no point in getting out of bed at the beginning of the day.
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The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all.
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In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.
