W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Usage is the only test. I prefer a phrase that is easy and unaffected to a phrase that is grammatical.
W. Somerset Maugham
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When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.
Dan Webster
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To embrace Hindutva is to embrace an obscurantist, backward looking, divisive ideology that seeks to polarise society through identity politics.
Kapil Sibal
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Before anything else, I started painting bulls and matadors. That was my initiation to paint.
Fernando Botero
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For me, it's first about the characters. I look for a character who is intriguing and challenging and different from what I've done before.
Maika Monroe
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Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations.
Barbara Mikulski
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Mexican food is far more varied than people think. It changes like dialects. I was brought up in Jalisco by the sea on a basic diet - tomatoes, chillis, peppers of every size and rice, which is a Mexican staple. The Pacific coast has a huge array of seafood.
Gael Garcia Bernal
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To see me as a person on screen would be one of the dullest experiences you could ever wish to experience.
Peter Sellers
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The cool thing about 'Spy Kids 3D: Game Over' was that Robert Rodriguez brought back 3D. I feel like he did with that film. Now, every film is 3D.
Daryl Sabara
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I'm like the opposite of one of those comedians who's funny on stage and depressed behind closed doors . On record, I can get pretty dark, but in real life I'm very carefree. But when I'm happy, I ain't writing songs, I'm out having a laugh, being in love. I wouldn't have the time. If I ever get married, it'll be 'Darling, I need a divorce, it's been three years, I've got a record to write!'
Adele
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O powerful love, that in some respects makes a beast a man, in some other, a man a beast.
William Shakespeare
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I want to work with people who are good at what they do, and people who are passionate.
Willem Dafoe
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Usage is the only test. I prefer a phrase that is easy and unaffected to a phrase that is grammatical.
W. Somerset Maugham