W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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The treatment by some towards these young refugees is hideously racist and utterly heartless. What's happening to our country?
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When I talk to young girls about clothes, I tell them to show a lot of brains.
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When you're young, you're stupid. You do silly things.
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When you are young you take the kindness people show you as your right.
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If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.
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From when I was young, I wanted to be an action hero. I always dreamed about being an action star. So finally, I made it.
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There are just so many young designers now.
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I had no trouble going from radio to TV - I just thought of TV as radio with pictures.
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Let me tell you something - being thought of as a beautiful woman has spared me nothing in life. No heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. Beauty is essentially meaningless and it is always transitory.
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When you have a core group of young players as we do, the future looks bright.
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My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination.
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I was taught as a young child by my parents and family to love myself.
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I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.
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To be seventy years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old.
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I can say I love working with women. Film is a man's world, and I really appreciate the opportunity to collaborate with women, especially young women.
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I came to Hollywood determined to follow in Jean Harlow's footsteps, but I was determined not to die young. My hope was to endure. And endure I have.
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There's a lot of people out now around America who depend on checks from their fellow taxpayers being in the mailbox every day.
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A grandma's name is little less in love than is the doting title of a mother.
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My mom always told me I should have a Plan B. I said that if I'm not going to play guitar I'm going to play drums. And if I'm not going to play drums, I'm going to play bass. I always just wanted to play music. I was completely obsessed.
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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
