W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
The nature of men and women - their essential nature – is so vile and despicable that if you were to portray a person as he really is, no one would believe you.
Quotes to Explore
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It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.
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We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.
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I'm against abortion. On the other hand, I believe in a woman's choice.
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I love my real mom and dad; I love them both equally.
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The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure.
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When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women voters, but on the other hand, a lot of men wouldn't vote for you.
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Free love sounds great.
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And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
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All our best men are laughed at in this nightmare land.
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I love to go shopping and see what catches my eye.
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Majesty and love do not consort well together, nor do they dwell in the same place.
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The Beatles were a group made up of four very complex men, and my small hand could not have broken these men up.
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I've been dating younger men since my 20s, When I was 29, I dated someone 21... younger men are just more fun. I like their energy. I've always been kind of young for my age.
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I'd like very much to make a confident picture. I would like to be as good as nature, which, with a shower, produces flowers and grass to cover the destruction. But we are surrounded by human fragmentation, by pessimism, and it is difficult to talk of other things.
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We will see about Obama's legacy. I still think the historical nature of his candidacy will be the biggest part of his legacy.
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I love listening to songs that are from the heart and that touch the heart. So, love is the preferred theme for most of the songs that I sing.
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I'd love to do a comedy; that's the one thing I haven't done yet that I really, really want to do.
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I do not believe in the eternity of the spirit. That contradicts my ideology.
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The good thing is I didn't feel like anyone was going to judge me on 'Glee.'
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I was never a fan of Chanel. I liked it on other people. Some other people. All the ladies who were too plump and busty looked like little sausages.
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Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.
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The thing is, I love a great death scene - no good actor doesn't. Sorry, any actor, I should say.
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It was somewhere in doing the last season of 'Leverage' that John Rogers and I became confident that we had developed an all-new production technique where we could put more on the screen with very little money. So we started to get more comfortable with the idea of trying to tackle 'The Librarians.'
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The nature of men and women - their essential nature – is so vile and despicable that if you were to portray a person as he really is, no one would believe you.
