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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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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Go West, young man.
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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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If a man attains a high station in life, it is because he has acquired or was blessed with native ability as a salesman. Schooling, college degrees, intellect, brilliancy, are of no avail to the man who lacks the ability to attract the cooperative efforts of others, thus to create opportunities for himself.
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I listen to customers and we make adjustments because we pretty much average a collection every six weeks. We're constantly taking everything in and taking notes.
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I tend to jot down music.
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The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.
