Oscar Wilde Quotes
There are as many perfections as there are imperfect men. And while to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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Most Americans, like most Japanese, view their dogs, cats, and other animal companions as family members, and rightly so.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.
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I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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I've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.
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On one hand I am this weird androgynous tomboy where I'm strangely low maintenance and have a five-minute makeup regimen. On the other I'm obsessed with all things beauty, from skin care to makeup.
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While conducting a conventional war in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has staged terrorist attacks on a global scale against the people from the countries who are fighting ISIS.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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I wrote my first piano piece when I was in 4th grade.
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I was raised a Christian. I'd like to think I have Christian values. I don't attend church.
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You have good days, you have bad days. But the main thing is to grow mentally.
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I want to play a psycho, something more challenging than just 'the girlfriend' part.
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First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Aretha Franklin was as important to the civil-rights movement as Malcolm X and Medgar Evers. Artists can choose to take on the tremendous amount of responsibility we have, or choose to ignore it.
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The glory of the day was in her face,The beauty of the night was in her eyes.
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Every single time I start to do a picture, without fail, I feel as if I don't know what I'm doing.
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People are embracing the thing that made them different growing up instead of letting that thing elicit shame.
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There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they don't know what you're doing. You can keep it for yourself.
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I think animals should be free. There's so much other food out there that doesn't have to involve you in that cycle of pain and death.
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There are as many perfections as there are imperfect men. And while to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all.
