Oscar Wilde Quotes
If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture...In a house, we all feel of the proper proportions. Everything is subordinated to us, fashioned for our use and our pleasure.
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5-hour Energy has always been about helping hard working people, and the Amazing People program takes this further by making a significant difference in the lives of those who are working through difficult circumstances.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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Practically, I am interested in television because it keeps me home and it's fast, and I exist in independent films mostly, and you don't get paid for those, or you don't get paid enough.
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If you can live in Vegas, or visit Vegas, and leave in one piece, still loving it and somehow laughing about it, you should spend at least part of your last night in town doing something that will serve you well no matter where you go next: thank your lucky stars.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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When I'm in 'Man vs. Wild' mode, it's not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I'm on reserve power all the time and I'm digging deep - and that's the magic of it as well, and that's raw and it's great.
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I am not a Ph.D. in economics or a doctorate in literature that I can afford to take my singing lightly. Even if I sing a jingle, I take it as seriously as oxygen.
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The king died and then the queen died is a story. The king died, and then queen died of grief is a plot.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
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I love film, but it's bringing me away from music. Singing is what I'm probably most passionate about.
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I have a different relationship with Chucky because he's been on top of my bookshelf in the corner of my living room for my entire life. He was a great tool for scaring friends, and when I see him in different theme parks I've been to, or in commercials, my heart swells a little bit, and I'm like, 'Aww! It's my Chucky!'
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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My motto is more, 'If you want to find something new, look for something new!' There is a certain amount of risk in this attitude, as even the slightest failure tends to be resounding, but you are so happy when you succeed that it is worth taking the risk.
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South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison.
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The first week Banks was with us, we knew he was going to be a star.
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My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do if you're bankrupt.
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I followed my instincts; I followed my intuition, and it paid off.
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I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective.
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Investigation is never complete.
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How can we not have paid our dues? What were we doing before this band? Fucking sitting at home practicing! Most of us have played enough gigs to say we've paid our dues.
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The book of the Psalms, which is the primary devotional literature of the whole Bible, is full of complaints.
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It is not what they built. It is what they knocked down.It is not the houses. It is the spaces between the houses.It is not the streets that exist. It is the streets that no longer exist.
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If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture...In a house, we all feel of the proper proportions. Everything is subordinated to us, fashioned for our use and our pleasure.
