W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.W. Somerset Maugham
Quotes to Explore
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
Bebe Rexha -
We all have our strengths and our failings.
Hannah Simone -
I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
Larry Wilmore -
Our quarterbacks were getting hurt; a couple got kicked out of school. The coach asked who wanted to try out for QB. I went and tried out, and from there on, I was a quarterback. I was ineligible in 10th grade until spring, so I did baseball. I started in left field and pitched.
Quavo Migos -
Man is largely a creature of habit, and many of his activities are more or less automatic reflexes from the stimuli of his environment.
G. Stanley Hall -
Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
Kate Winslet
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I do two months of strict dieting, so after fight night, I go for whatever my body is craving. It's usually sushi. But after that, I go home to Guadalajara and indulge in a lot of tacos before I have to start getting in shape for another fight.
Canelo Alvarez -
If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others; for the knowledge of truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
Maimonides -
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
Baltasar Gracian -
I have a terrifying long list of fears. Literally everything - diseases, spiders... and people getting tired of me.
Taylor Swift -
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.
Fiona Apple
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I was a normal American nerd.
Jack Herer -
How will the approach of the Singularity spread across the human world view?
Vernor Vinge -
If some people try to make a prenup into a pre-negotiation of a divorce... Well, that's really sad. But I do think that it's important to understand what each person has coming into the relationship, and what each person expects from the relationship. They aren't always fun discussions to have, and they can be very eye-opening.
Laura Wasser -
I went to Sunday School and liked the stories about Christ and the Christmas star. They were beautiful. They made you warm and happy to think about. But I didn't believe them.
Frances Farmer -
He was a silly guy. Out - do the other guy. That was his effort at all times.
Cab Calloway -
If you give a party, you better give it right.
Aby Rosen
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The Capitol was an occasion where you arrive at a sign in the road that says you have arrived at a place you may not have expected to be, but you know how you got here: Next!
Peter Garrett Midnight Oil -
When I was living in Mexico and writing a book called 'Aztec,' I had to make a deliberate effort to ignore a lot of the 'typically Mexican landscape' around me - banana and citrus groves, roses and carnations, burros and toros - because they did not exist in Mexico in the 15th century, the time of my book.
Gary Jennings -
I don't know many South Africans who don't have their eyes wide open to what it's like to be exposed to some sort of violence. The question is whether we choose to be cynical about it or not.
Gavin Hood -
Gujarat is the fourth state in the world where we have a separate climate-change department.
Narendra Modi -
The world has not been hindered in its progress, but immensely aided in it, by England.
Friedrich List -
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
W. Somerset Maugham