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Oscar Wilde quote: "Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try..."

Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.

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WE CAN'T ALWAYS CONTROL OUR CIRCUMSTANCES BUT WE CAN CONTROL OUR ATTITUDE.WE MUST BE MORE CONCERNED WITH WHAT WE DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS TO US THAN WHAT HAPPENS TO US.HAPPINESS DOES NOT DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS OUTSIDE OF YOU BUT ON WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF YOU. Marvin J. Ashton
Scott Brooks quote: "Mind games to me are overrated."
Mind games to me are overrated. Scott Brooks
Americans are immensely popular in Paris; and this is not due solely to the fact that they spend lots of money there, for they spend just as much or more in London, and in the latter city they are merely tolerated because they do spend. James Weldon Johnson
...for poets, at least, experiencing something inexpressible does not mean silence. It's precisely the inexpressible something that poetry is meant to help us see or feel. If it were merely expressible - if there were nothing ineffable about it - there would be no need for a poem. But everywhere in the Bible we meet reality that exceeds our expectations. John Piper
Fabrics and lining make a big difference in the garment. If you're buying an expensive trench coat, and it's lined in something cheap, it doesn't feel as nice. Christian Siriano
Michael W. Smith quote: "I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film..."
I've explored the worship side, the pop side, and the film scoring side of me. Michael W. Smith
[Marriage] is the reunion of the separated duad. Originally you were one. You are now two in the world, but the recognition of the spiritual identity is what marriage is. Joseph Campbell
The power of words is awful, Frida. Sometimes I want to bury my typewriter in a box of quilts. The radio makes everything worse, because of the knack for amplifying dull sounds. Any two words spoken in haste might become law of the land. But you never know which two. You see why I won't talk to newsmen. Barbara Kingsolver
No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition. Jeremy Taylor
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A story lives transformed by a gesture not made or a word not spoken Ian Mcewan
Kurt Russell quote: "I played professional level sports. When you're playing for..."
I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level. Kurt Russell
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Yes, in general, I think there is too much club football on TV. Sepp Blatter
Elizabeth Gilbert quote: "If I were going to have such a short visit on earth, I had to..."
If I were going to have such a short visit on earth, I had to do everything possible to experience it now. Elizabeth Gilbert
But some things are the same. My mother still owns the house I grew up in, on what would now be called a cul de sac, but which the sign on the corner called a dead end street. Mink Stole
O. Henry quote: "I hate it as one hates sin or pestilence or--the color work in..."
I hate it as one hates sin or pestilence or--the color work in a ten-cent magazine. O. Henry