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It is only by not paying one's bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#classes #commercial #hope #live #memory

Now that the House of Commons is trying to become useful, it does a great deal of harm. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#commons #deal #does #great #great deal

While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#ask #dramatist #give #look #realism

There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#always #infinitely #mean #other #people

Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's. ↗

— Billy Wilder

#else #instead #instinct #might #mistakes

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

Now, what is it which makes a scene interesting? If you see a man coming through a doorway, it means nothing. If you see him coming through a window - that is at once interesting. ↗

— Billy Wilder

#doorway #him #interesting #makes #man

We are on the track of something absolutely mediocre. ↗

— Billy Wilder

#mediocre #something #track

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

Greece's European neighbors were able step in and bolster the weak foundation on which Greece's free-spending budget was based. It would be difficult for any country, or intergovernmental organization, to rescue an economy the size of the U.S. if investors were ever to lose faith in our bonds because of our enormous debt. ↗

— Douglas Wilder

#any #based #because #bolster #bonds