Oscar Wilde Quotes
Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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Researchers looked at news programs on major broadcast and cable networks between 2008 and 2012 and found that of those labeled as domestic terrorists, 81% were identifiable as Muslims - this despite the fact that FBI reports from the period studied revealed that only 6% of domestic terrorist suspects were Muslim.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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I haven't directed a film since 'Appaloosa,' and I've been looking for something because I love the directing thing.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.
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I think the media world is adjusting to the digital age.
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It's good - it's great when somebody who is 20 years younger than you comes up and says, 'Wow, we just got turned on to you guys, and you're really great,' or something like that. I like that.
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When restraint and courtesy are added to strength, the latter becomes irresistible.
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Musical theater is one of my passions.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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Whatever road you've been given, enjoy that road.
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I got a tattoo saying 'Made in England' above my foot to represent that, that I felt like a doll for so long.
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Our society wants things to grow, and our society wants things to become bigger and bigger. Everything has to be put under the spotlight.
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We set up a situation and let you interact with it and see the consequences of your choice. That's what gaming does.
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Learning about factory farms and their horrendous treatment of animals is what made me become vegetarian in the first place. I also support the education of the public on adopting pets from animal shelters or saving homeless animals off the street in lieu of buying them from pet shops.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot. But a lot of effective and interesting radio is based on one character who reacts to the world.
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Scientology is weird because it's new.
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Art is literacy of the heart.
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The Sin Washer had died centuries ago, and His legacy seemed often to be in the accumulation of connections and power more than the distribution of emotional or spiritual ease. She kept that thought to herself. Wisdom came in many forms, and silence was often the most useful.
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When the Americans see someone like Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, who made billions thanks to their talent and determination, the first thing they say to themselves is, 'I want to be like him.' This, in many ways, is the engine that drives Western society: The desire to make it like the winners.
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Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.
