Oscar Wilde Quotes
The home seems to me to be the proper sphere for the man. And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not?Oscar Wilde
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
Cameron Mackintosh -
The law of sacrifice is uniform throughout the world. To be effective it demands the sacrifice of the bravest and the most spotless.
Mahatma Gandhi -
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
Nathalie Sarraute -
Wherever the invitation of men or your own occasions lead you, speak the very truth, as your life and conscience teach it, and cheer the waiting, fainting hearts of men with new hope and new revelation.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
O. Henry -
All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
Jacob Batalon
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
Madame de Stael -
Take good care of our fragile planet.
Kalpana Chawla -
I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
Camilla Belle -
My mom was such a strong character. I don't want to say she was like a man, but she was tough.
Lance Armstrong -
Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
Brown Campbell -
Memory is not particularly linear - it is associative, repetitive, subjective and porous. But the writer needs to convey disorder and dysfunction without making the novel itself disorderly or dysfunctional.
Dana Spiotta
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Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.
Samuel Butler -
As the facts change, change your thesis. Don't be a stubborn mule, or you'll get killed.
Barry Sternlicht -
The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
Jack Welch -
Gags die, humor doesn't.
Jack Benny -
I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me to be doing opposing sides simultaneously. I would argue that even though my character on 'Hawaii Five-0' originated on the wrong side of the law, I'd say he's worked his way over to the good side.
Ian Anthony Dale -
I've been a war reporter and a human rights defender. A professor and a columnist. A diplomat and - by far most thrillingly - a mother. And what I've learned from all these experiences is that any change worth making is going to be hard. Period.
Samantha Power
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I don't care if people I admire criticize me because their opinion is valuable to me.
Karl Lagerfeld -
It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
Olin Miller -
Beauty is nothing other than the promise of happiness.
Stendhal -
To have success in your professional life is not so hard. To succeed as a man is more difficult.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand -
Forget anything after, the 1986 Turbo cars really were rockets, and to handle them I really think you had to be a man.
Gerhard Berger -
The home seems to me to be the proper sphere for the man. And certainly once a man begins to neglect his domestic duties he becomes painfully effeminate, does he not?
Oscar Wilde