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Quote by Oscar Wilde
The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art

The English public, as a mass, takes no interest in a work of art until it is told that the work in question is immoral. – Oscar Wilde

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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself. – Oscar Wilde

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good
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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement. – Oscar Wilde

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Science
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The Public is a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility. – John Keats

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The approval of the public is to be avoided like the plague. It is absolutely essential to keep the public from entering if one wishes to avoid confusion. I must add that the public must be kept panting in expectation at the gate by a system of challenges and provocations. – Andre Breton

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Im not a very gregarious person. I cant bear attention being called to me in a public place, which is ridiculous in a business that pays you to be noticed. – Gabriel Byrne

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I never know when I press these whether I am going to blow up Massachusetts or start the project. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions. – Mark Twain

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God is a metaphor for that which transcends all levels of intellectual thought. Its as simple as that. – Joseph Campbell

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He who hasnt hacked assemply language as a youth has no heart. He who does as an adult has no brain. – John Moore

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A lonely man is a lonesome thing, a stone, a bone, a stick, a receptacle for Gilbeys gin, a stooped figure sitting at the edge of a hotel bed, heaving copious sighs like the autumn wind. – John Cheever

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