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Oscar Wilde Quotes

What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: dramatist
Nationality: irish
Birth: October 16, 1854 - November 30, 1900

Topics

Art Lying Duty Old Our Revive

I was OK in school, but I always missed a lot because I was playing so much. But if I'd stuck at it, I imagine that I'd be doing something financial or economical. Finance always attracted me, even though maths was always a bit of a love-hate relationship. I would have tried playing football, but I don't think I'd have made it.

Matteo Manassero

Relationship Football Finance School

Even my pathological love of Japan and its beauties, glories and eccentricities is sorely tested by 'The Grudge 2,' from Takashi Shimizu, a movie so bewildering and impenetrable that I believe it siphoned off a good 40 IQ points.

Love Good Believe I Believe Off IQ

I think making a movie is like drawing or creating an art piece. The artwork reflects part of your personality, but not all.

Art Personality Think Drawing Your

As soon as I know it's about technological things or spies, I lose interest. I want to know what goes on in people's minds.

People Lose Know Want Minds Things

We have to be thankful to the Czechs that they did their duty. The Czech Republic won, I can't believe it. It was a huge party with all the people here.

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Thankful People Believe Party Duty

As soon as you start writing about how human beings interact with each other socially, you're into politics, aren't you?

Politics Writing Start You Human

I am an outspoken person. I believe in what I say.

I Am Believe Person Say I Believe

Working on 'Fresh Off the Boat' has been really enlightening to me because it's made me actually think about the roles that Asians and Asian-American women have played in media. Not because I didn't think it was important before, but because before, I was really focused on just paying my rent.

Women Me Boat Think Media Important

By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.

Claude Adrien Helvetius

Man Mind Action You Him Within

I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation.

World Situation Debt Respond Working

I have those songs as well. It depends on what I'm going through in my life but I'm a huge fan of Bjork. Sometimes I get so emotional because she's so amazing.

Life Amazing My Life Sometimes She

Words alone cannot fully convey the realities of the soul or the greatness of the human spirit.

William Shirley

Alone Soul Words Greatness Spirit

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