W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from the burden of thought; and, indifferent to aught else, care nothing for praise or censure, failure or success.
W. Somerset Maugham
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I don't talk about success. I don't know what it is. Wait until I'm dead.
Imogen Cunningham
Nobody has approached me about an offer to work in India. However, I can categorically state that if they did so, I would refuse immediately.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
We all present versions of ourselves. The person you are at work is not the same person you are at home. The face we present in our most intimate relationships is not the face we present to the world.
Val McDermid
The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
Fabrizio Moreira
When people connect to my work, it makes me feel great. A lot of that stuff is really deep, and when I play something and people feel what I feel, and use it in important situations in their lives, like at weddings or funerals, that's so powerful. It means I can connect with them on an important level.
Xavier Rudd
I still sweat bullets if I go on The Tonight Show, but I tell myself, You can either have fun tonight or you can be shy and miserable. You ask my friends or anyone I work with now - nobody would say I was shy.
Lara Flynn Boyle
We humans lack imagination, to the point of not even knowing what tomorrow's important things will look like.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Afrikaans is my first language, although you would never know, as my English accent has more of an American-British thing going on from all my years of travelling.
Tanit Phoenix
Does it sound outrageous to you that military spending for fiscal year 2000 will be almost $290 billion and all other domestic discretionary spending, such as education, job training, housing, Amtrak, medical research, environment, Head Start and many other worthwhile programs will total $246 billion, the biggest disparity in modern times ?
Dale Bumpers
I'm not as aware of categories in music as some people are. To me it's just music. I'm interested in all kinds of music.
Leon Russell
The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from the burden of thought; and, indifferent to aught else, care nothing for praise or censure, failure or success.
W. Somerset Maugham