"The only thing in the world worse than being Oscar Wilde is not being Oscar Wilde."
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"Oscar Wilde was suing the Marquis of Queensbury in 1895 for libel accusing Wilde of homosexuality Counsel: Have you ever adored a young man madly? Wilde: I have never given adoration to anyone except myself."
"When you get to know some of the history of the game, Oscar Robertson is one of the names that pops up first."
"I think that if you go about making movies to win Oscars, you’re really going about it the wrong way."
"Apparently Jamie is great at being soft and hard at the same time. Which is hard to do for an actor! He's going to get an Oscar!"
"Oscar Wilde said that sunsets were not valued because we could not pay for sunsets. But Oscar Wilde was wrong; we can pay for sunsets. We can pay for them by not being Oscar Wilde."
"You win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before."