W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.

W. Somerset Maugham

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• Cooking for people is an enormously significant expression of generosity and soulfulness, and entertaining is a way to be both generous and creative. You're sharing your life with people. Of course, it's also an expression of your own need for approval and applause. Nothing wrong with that.

  

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• My view is that when in doubt, society should err on the side of life.

  

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• Being a father is the most important thing, if you ask me. It changed me as a person and gave me an all new life.

  

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• Working out should be a key part of your life but not your whole life. When it is all a man could talk about, it becomes too much.

  

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• Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Life
  • Writing
  • Broken