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The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.
Oscar Wilde

Genius, Public, Except

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.
Oscar Wilde

Society, Simply, Tragedy

It is not so much for its beauty that the forest makes a claim upon men's hearts, as for that subtle something, that quality of air that emanation from old trees, that so wonderfully changes and renews a weary spirit.
Robert Louis Stevenson

Beauty, Men, Old

The closing of a door can bring blessed privacy and comfort - the opening, terror. Conversely, the closing of a door can be a sad and final thing - the opening a wonderfully joyous moment.
Andy Rooney

Sad, Blessed, Moment

If you look closely at a tree you'll notice it's knots and dead branches, just like our bodies. What we learn is that beauty and imperfection go together wonderfully.
Matthew Fox

Beauty, Together, Learn

It is also said of me that I now and then contradict myself. Yes, I improve wonderfully as time goes on.
George Jean Nathan

Time, Said, Goes

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Samuel Johnson

Mind, Knows, Fortnight

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.
Fred Woodworth

Hurt, Human, Seems

Science is wonderfully equipped to answer the question 'How?' but it gets terribly confused when you ask the question 'Why?'
Erwin Chargaff

Science, Confused, Why

It is remarkable by how much a pinch of malice enhances the penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
Eric Hoffer

Men, Power, Evil

Our culture now wonderfully, alchemically transforms images and history into artistic material. The possibilities seem endless and wide open.
Jerry Saltz

History, Culture, Open

Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women.
Ellen Barkin

Love, Women, Men

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.
Grenville Kleiser

Mind, After, Effort

Seeing The English Patient is wonderfully draining, but imagine acting in it for six months.
Kristin Scott Thomas

Acting, Patient, English

There are wonderfully talented actresses. It's a really rich field. There isn't as rich a field of material.
Meryl Streep

Rich, Material, Talented

People see me on TV two and three times a day, and see me cooking all these wonderfully Southern, fattening dishes. That's only 30 days out of 365. And it's for entertainment.
Paula Deen

Two, Times, Days

Like the rest of us, Tom Paulin is a bundle of contradictions. At its finest, his work is brave, adventurous, original and wonderfully idiosyncratic.
Terry Eagleton

Work, Brave, Rest

While most people in TV, radio, and the press have treated me wonderfully, some of the most important people want to pretend I don't exist.
Harry Browne

Important, While, Exist

As the 1960s began, a new breed of Hollywood leading lady was emerging. She was elegant, international, and wonderfully comedic.
Maureen O'Hara

She, Lady, Hollywood

I think my roles have been wonderfully varied. Not one has been racially stereotypical, and I have purposely chosen them like that.
Naomie Harris

Chosen, Racially, Roles

I have a wonderfully hedonistic appetite, and if I wasn't really strict with myself, I'd weigh 300 pounds. I'm not good with moderation.
Nick Offerman

Good, Moderation, Strict

The pleasure of writing fiction is that you are always spotting some new approach, an alternative way of telling a story and manipulating characters; the novel is such a wonderfully flexible form.
Penelope Lively

Writing, Story, Pleasure

I am trained, and I did do 'The Nutcracker' in its right form, but at the time, they told me I was black and I'd never be in 'Swan Lake.' I went through all those prejudices in the ballet community, and I still emerged wonderfully trained and found my way to Alvin Ailey where there were familiar faces.
Laurieann Gibson

Time, Black, Through

I worked very hard on me and David's record and I'm extremely proud of the record, as most people are who were involved with it. And, it's been wonderfully received by people who like our kind of music, they think it's something special, and so do I.
Graham Nash

Music, Hard, Special

If an American audience is given a serious musical theater piece that is well produced, dramatically gripping and wonderfully acted, they'll respond to it.
Carlisle Floyd

Serious, American, Audience

We all have a responsibility, and since I've been so wonderfully blessed, I really want to share and to make life at least a little better. So every chance I get to share the gospel or uplift people, I will take full advantage of that opportunity.
Gladys Knight

Life, Blessed, Chance

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.
John Lithgow

Humor, Senses, Academics

This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because it is the theatre of God's righteous Kingdom.
Thomas Traherne

God, Theatre, Righteous

When it came to the stylish and graceful art of ballroom dancing, my dad was a king of the clubs, a prowling tiger and a wonderfully natural mover.
Bruno Tonioli

Art, Dad, Natural

My parents always instilled knowing that your beautiful, that your fearfully and wonderfully made, and that you know who you are.
Amber Riley

Beautiful, Parents, Knowing

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