W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
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Girls love guys who dance, and I'm definitely going to be the first one on the dance floor. Usually, you just see guys sitting around, but I definitely don't hold back when it comes to dancing.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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I was convinced in middle school that I invented tight-rolling your pants, because I would get hand-me-downs from my brothers, and of course they were bell-bottoms from the '70s. So I would fold and fold over the bells. I like to think I started the trend. But I didn't.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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Well I love preppy style; I like J. Crew for guys.
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Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.
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There's a reason you can still read Thucydides, and it still makes sense to you thousands of years later.
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Self-worth comes from one thing - thinking that you are worthy.
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If bigots behave like bigots, it's not a huge surprise.
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
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The whole experience on 'Grown Ups 2' was like going to adult summer camp.
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Once you do one bad guy, usually all you get offered is bad guys.
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
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Be kind to one another. You may need each other when you are older.
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You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters.
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The wonderful thing about drama school is that it stretches you in a way the industry doesn't.
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I danced a lot when I was younger, and I've always had decent, shapely legs and thought it's now or never. I mean, when you're pushing 40, are you really going to wander around in a dress that's midthigh length?
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I was greatly inspired by my late father, who was a well-known name in the brewing industry. It was he who encouraged me to take the road less traversed and gave me the confidence to pursue my path of entrepreneurship.
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In my memoir, I admit that I've been as fearful of success as of failure. In fact, when 'Passages' was published, I so dreaded bad reviews that I ran away to Italy with a girlfriend and our children to hide out.
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I don't think I have ever met a single person who isn't moved by music of some kind.
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Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.
