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There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating - people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing. Oscar Wilde
People Nothing Everything Kinds Only Absolutely Absolutely Everything Absolutely Nothing Know Really Who Fascinating Two
Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance. Oscar Wilde
World Others Calls Deceiving Romance
My favorite food from my homeland is Guinness. My second choice in Guinness. My third choice - would have to be Guinness. Peter O'Toole
Food Favorite Guinness Would Choice Homeland Second Third
They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more. Samuel Beckett
Light Birth Once Once More Give More Instant Gleam Then Grave Night
I have resigned from the human race. Look at the way we treat animals. Spike Milligan
Treat Animals Way Look Human Race Human Race Resigned
Time flies like an arrow - but fruit flies like a banana. Terry Wogan
Time Fruit Time Flies Like Arrow Banana Flies
Autumn's the mellow time. William Allingham
Time Autumn Mellow
The light of lights looks always on the motive, not the deed, the shadow of shadows on the deed alone. William Butler Yeats
Alone Light Shadow Shadows Lights Looks Always Motive Deed
You can be going through hardships sometimes, and you're struggling, and then you're wondering if you're ever gonna make it. Becky Lynch
You Sometimes Hardships Struggling Through Make Wondering Going Gonna Then Ever
It wasn't long before people discovered the final horrors of letting an urchin into Parliament. Bernadette Devlin
People Long Before Final Horrors Parliament Discovered Letting
I always say that non-violence is not the weapon of the weak. It is the weapon of the strong. Betty Williams
Strong Say Weak Weapon Non-Violence Always
As a rock star, I have two instincts, I want to have fun, and I want to change the world. I have a chance to do both. Bono
Change Have Fun World Change The World Both Instincts Rock Rock Star Want Fun Star Chance Two
But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross. Bono
Relationship Old Christ Other Worship Easter Horizontal Cross More Combination New Look Looks Makes Access Testament Hand Vertical Familiar New Testament Across Old Testament Who Awe Jesus
The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this. Bono
Generation Poverty First Ocean Extreme Extreme Poverty Say Ours Eye Fact Written First Generation Look Continent Off Disease Africa Mean Across Stand Whole
And so we remained till the red of the dawn began to fall through the snow gloom. I was desolate and afraid, and full of woe and terror. But when that beautiful sun began to climb the horizon life was to me again. Bram Stoker
Life Beautiful Me Fall Desolate Sun Horizon Remained Through Dawn Red Gloom Terror Till Climb Woe Began Snow Afraid Again Full
The future is something which everyone reaches at the rate of 60 minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. C. S. Lewis
Future Time Whatever Everyone Minutes Rate Something He Hour Does Which Whoever
Always prefer the plain direct word to the long, vague one. Don't implement promises, but keep them. C. S. Lewis
Word Promises Long Direct Implement Always Plain Prefer Them Keep Vague
Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa. For example, I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church. C. S. Lewis
Prayer Church Example Vice Versa Teeth Say Solemnity Proper Outside For Example Does Versa Vice While Mean Should Wash Washing Things Necessarily
If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons. C. S. Lewis
Struggle Logical Enemies Own Imbeciles Side Our Criminals Backing Only Prevent Beasts Simply Because Existence Up Same Cannot Cut Us Capitalists Reasons
The companies that survive longest are the one's that work out what they uniquely can give to the world not just growth or money but their excellence, their respect for others, or their ability to make people happy. Some call those things a soul. Charles Handy
Work Respect Soul Happy People World Money Others Respect For Others Those Out Ability Some Give Excellence Longest Make Call Survive Just Work Out Companies Uniquely Growth Things
I've never seen a moon in the sky that, if it didn't take my breath away, at least misplaced it for a moment. Colin Farrell
Sky Moon Seen Breath Take Never Misplaced Least Moment Away
To do anything to a high level, it has to be total obsession. Conor McGregor
High High Level Total Obsession Anything Level
I don't appreciate people invading my privacy. Dolores O'Riordan
Privacy People Invading Appreciate
I'm a big fan of the misunderstood, the vilified, the underdog, the breaking of myths. Dominic Monaghan
Big Myths Underdog Misunderstood Big Fan Fan Breaking Vilified
Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference. Edmund Burke
Religion Nothing Indifference Fatal
But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever. Edmund Burke
Age Gone Economists Glory Forever Succeeded Chivalry Europe Extinguished
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