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We all live in the gutter.
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Those who lay in the gutter and curse their fate are waiting for someone or some outside force to change their lives.
But we all seem to react to situations events and challenges that arrive in our life very differently.
To me the difference is which we rely on which we do the most often.
We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde we are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars oscar wilde.
It takes on a quite a different meaning from the other answers when you look at it in context.
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We all live in the gutter but some of us are looking to the stars.
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In all our lives there will be times when we have no other choice besides doing for ourselves and others when we must rely on others.
The quote comes from lady windermere s fan a play oscar wilde wrote early on in his career.
I was wondering why would oscar wilde say something like that.
I bet the first line in the heading tipped you off as much as it did to me.