Oscar Wilde Quotes
Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
Quotes to Explore
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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.
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Ever since I was a child, I would start crying seeing anyone in pain.
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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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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughout all my life and with all my heart I shall strive to be worthy of your trust.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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I can't think of anything worse than trying to schmooze someone with the idea that you're an actor.
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I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.
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I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
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My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine.
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My sister and I had resolved never to become teachers because the job seemed to demand so much. My mother always seemed to be working. Our dining room table was cluttered with papers waiting to be read and graded.
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People are really upside down. They want a government they can trust. They want one that's not going to raise their taxes by $15 billion and not lay off one state employee.
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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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My personal experience has been that in my 25 years of writing, I have not been asked to do more than four or five commercial one-shot scripts. These were performed on major national hook-ups but produced for me no immediate additional jobs or requests. One script for BBC was done around the world with an all-star cast.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Anybody can be a rapper, but not anybody can be a classical artist.
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The primary difference that I have found between the system of education in India and other countries, particularly the U.S., is that they focus on problem solving and relating theories to reality around them. These two things are lacking in the education system in India.
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I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.
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I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.
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Love has no boundaries.
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What I'm after is something different than supplying people with the idea that I'm writing an important play.
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I bought a painting in Madrid on my first trip there too and a lot of people say, 'Well it's not the greatest painting' and I say, 'It is to me.' OK, you can look at a beautiful painting and say, 'That's beautiful' but to me, it feels warmer to fill my home with pictures of friends and family and paintings of places I've gone. That's what I want to come home to.
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Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.
