Oscar Wilde Quotes

And alien tears will fill for him Pity's long-broken urn, For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn.

Oscar Wilde

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• I went to bed last night dreaming of tuna melts. I love food.

  

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• As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!

  

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• I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.

  

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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've never rejected the world I came from. To be rejected by it is horrible.

  

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• No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.

  

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• Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.

  

  Camille Paglia
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• I think I've achieved a lot in 41 years. I like how 41 feels; I feel good. I don't like how it sounds too much.

  

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• At school I had only admirers; I had no friends.

  

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• When a relationship with a director is really working, you have the same idea at the same time. You go, 'Look, this isn't working,' and they'll go, 'I know it's not working. What are we gonna do?' And you go and try something else.

  

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• I like to do Pilates.

  

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• I love the smell of Burger King when I ride past, but sometimes I have to avoid it.

  

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• One of my big fears is people saying my songs are all starting to sound the same.

  

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  • People
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• We need to quit arguing about whether the glass is half full or half empty - and instead acknowledge that there's not quite enough water to go around.

  

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• Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses.

  

  Hannah Arendt
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• The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.

  

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• The understanding of Syria's devastating civil war has been distorted by the immense danger and difficulty of covering it.

  

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• If you live in a small space, you should do the things that make it feel luxurious.

  

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• I think the happiest time of my life was when I was in my late teens. I was a little bit of an it-girl. Making myself seen. And it was a wonderful time to be young.

  

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• What we are working for is an educational program that has become a resource and rallying point for scores of brave southerners who are leading the fight for justice and better race relations in these crucial days

  

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• A sort of gulpy, gurgly, plobby, squishy, wofflesome sound, like a thousand eager men drinking soup in a foreign restaurant.

  

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• I think that when you're queer, you grow up with these kinds of men who might have made you feel small because of who you are. They could be part of your family, or somebody on the street, or a teacher.

  

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  • Up
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• And alien tears will fill for him Pity's long-broken urn, For his mourners will be outcast men, And outcasts always mourn.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Men
  • Tears
  • Outcast