Oscar Wilde Quotes
The final revelation is that Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.
Quotes to Explore
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As far as religion goes, I feel like everyone should have their own one-on-one with God.
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The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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Our society is divided by the culture wars into the Left and Right, and the United Methodist Church has always stood historically in the center and has been willing to listen to and to bring together those things that often are found in opposite camps.
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Therefore, you are not training young people for the world of today and the world of tomorrow unless you are doing proven technology training. That is one of the reasons I'm so concerned.
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Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.
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You make knowledge relevant to life and you make it important for children to learn things that will really relate to things going on in their lives, and not abstract.
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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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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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In the best material, you always should be able to somehow make a case for a story to be transposed to any other time.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but crises around the globe.
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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Don't let expertise fool you into seeing false boundaries or underestimating those with wild dreams.
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You know how the Beatles broke off - they all did their solo projects and they came back together and they were even stronger!
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The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
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This country would be a better place to live in if all the resources we currently put toward criminalizing marijuana were instead spent by law enforcement on protection from real crime, as opposed to victimless crime.
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I think that for me as a person, it's very easy for me to hear, 'It's too difficult.' Or, 'You're not easy to cast.' And, 'You're not beautiful,' and this and that.
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The final revelation is that Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.
