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“Be warned in time, James, and remain, as I do, incomprehensible: to be great is to be misunderstood.”
“I have the kiss of Walt Whitman still on my lip.”
“My own business always bores me to death. I prefer other people's.”
“To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune ... to lose both seems like carelessness.”
“Oh, I love London society! It is entirely composed now of beautiful idiots and brilliant lunatics. Just what society should be.”
“I think Oscar Wilde said, "Everything in human life is really about sex, except sex. Sex is about power."”
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The Nightingale and the Rose is a ballet choreographed by Christopher Wheeldon to music by Bright Sheng commissioned by the New York City Ballet. The premiere took place on Friday, June 8, 2007, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, the orchestra conducted by the composer. Its libretto is based on the short story of the same name by Oscar Wilde.