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An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but a thousand imbeciles together in the dark - that is critical genius. ↗

— Billy Wilder

#critical #dark #genius #imbecile #imbeciles

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut. ↗

— Billy Wilder

#commandments #cut #final #final cut #first

So my idea of neurotic is spending too much time trying to correct a wrong. When I feel that I'm doing that, then I snap out of it. ↗

— Gene Wilder

#doing #feel #i #i feel #idea

I don't believe Fermat had a proof. I think he fooled himself into thinking he had a proof. ↗

— Andrew Wiles

#fermat #fooled #had #himself #i

During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#back #barack #barack obama #believed #bet

If both John McCain and Obama were given a sip of truth serum, both would admit they made serious mistakes in choosing running mates in 2008. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#both #choosing #given #john #john mccain

My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#american #american people #been #buck #definition

Since Obama has expressed admiration for the portrait of Abraham Lincoln that Doris Kearns Goodwin paints in 'Team of Rivals,' he could do the 16th president one better: He should name Hillary Clinton as his running mate in 2012. That would be both needed change and audacious. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#abraham lincoln #admiration #audacious #better #both

You don't ever earn a right to stop doing anything if you feel there is an obligation to move in terms of public service. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#doing #earn #ever #feel #move

Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at all. ↗

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

#how #i #laughter #me #only