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One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.
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Only mediocrities progress. An artist revolves in a cycle of masterpieces, the first of which is no less perfect than the last.
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Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.
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Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
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Oscar is the exact opposite of how I think you should behave. I just think of it as a negative view of the positive mind I have. Big Bird is sweet and nice and also sympathetic, as kids can identify with him even though he looks like such a bizarre character - great 8 feet 2 inches, a beak 18 inches long.
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Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
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Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and science and argument does not seem to be winning the day all the time is because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared. And the country's scared.
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People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.
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People who love only once in their lives are shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination. Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.
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Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.
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Personally, I rather look forward to a computer program winning the world chess championship. Humanity needs a lesson in humility.
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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
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Philanthropic people lose all sense of humanity. It is their distinguishing characteristic.
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Placing the ball in the right position for the next shot is eighty percent of winning golf.
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Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.
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Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.
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Popularity is the only insult that has not yet been offered to Mr. Whistler.
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Pray don't talk to me about the weather, Mr. Worthing. Whenever people talk to me about the weather, I always feel quite certain that they mean something else.
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Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.
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