Stuart Wilde Quotes
Somewhere in your life there will be an overriding theme to your quest - some part of your desire that cannot be denied without a terrible cost to the very essence of what you are. Are you going to ignore it, or do you have the courage of your commitment and the confidence to demand that life, humanity, or circumstances give you what you want, with no other excuse, reason or apology other than that you demand it?
Quotes to Explore
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I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
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My wife is pretty geeky and will occasionally quote 'Anchorman' at me.
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The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society.
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But it's fun to be something, have that, and you don't have to be real. It's like, comedians. They go on and they're doing all these jokes. I would be like that if I were more awake.
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It is hard to look the other way when a dictator is being so cruel and violent with his own people.
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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.
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A man really determines himself by what he does.
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I'm not a very religious man, but I'm proud to be a Jew.
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Men think for themselves when they’re men.
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The enigma I will not explain – its 'dark saying' must be left unguessed, and I warn you that the apparent connection between the variations and the theme is often of the slightest texture.
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As quoted in Ted Talk 'The child-driven education' by Sugata Mitra (2012)
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What interests me is the idea that classics is actually quite democratic. It isn't only the toff, upper-class subject it's often thought to be. Every generation enjoys rediscovering it.
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I'm happy - I moved into my new house, which is the first time I've owned a home on my own. It's a big step, and my brother lives with me - I'm so happy about that.
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What's so beautiful about Miami is that we support each other. We're just one big family, not just the entertainers, just everyone in general.
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I enjoy learning about the new technologies. I enjoy getting to know the new fans and dealing with them on their turf.
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The need to be cared for is the base of everything. In the penitentiaries, you won't hear gangbangers and criminals say, 'No, I don't want to be cared for by nobody.' When you care about them, they'll open up to you.
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The first thing a writer needs to know is what kind of writer he/she is.
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No matter who you are or what you plan to do in life, learn to type!
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If you think education is expensive, you should try ignorance
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I don't actually subscribe to the view that all power corrupts. But absolute power - when secured on the back of massive parliamentary majorities, which don't reflect the balance of political opinion in the country - can corrupt absolutely.
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I don't belong to any clubs, and I dislike club mentality of any kind, even feminism - although I do relate to the purpose and point of feminism. More in the work of older feminists, really, like Germaine Greer.
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That we have purpose for being who we are, and what we are, though we may not always know it.
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I wouldn't describe that 'position' as 'parasitic.' I'd describe that experience as 'edifying.' I don't merely write from a critical intellectual distance. I actually live around here.
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Somewhere in your life there will be an overriding theme to your quest - some part of your desire that cannot be denied without a terrible cost to the very essence of what you are. Are you going to ignore it, or do you have the courage of your commitment and the confidence to demand that life, humanity, or circumstances give you what you want, with no other excuse, reason or apology other than that you demand it?
