W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
I did not then know the besetting sin of woman, the passion to discuss her private affairs with anyone who is willing to listen.
Quotes to Explore
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Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.
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With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.
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Dance and I are synonymous, and nobody can take away dance from my life. Also, I cannot look at dance in an inert way; it's my passion, and I get keen on being part of any show or film that has dance!
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Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.
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I would hope there would be a greater appreciation by casual sports fans of the incredible skill and passion of our players.
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In 2016, makeup has become an incredible passion and hobby for men and women, but it hasn't become mainstream.
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I've found that musical theater is my passion.
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As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion.
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Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.
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When I took my first job, I was among only a handful of women. It was isolating at times. My love for technology kept me going, and I got to where I am today driven by my passion and self confidence.
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It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.
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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.
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My mother's passion for something more, to write a different destiny for a dirt-poor farmer's daughter, was to shape my entire life.
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Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.
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In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.
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One of the most beautiful passages of Rousseau is that in the sixth book of Confessions, where he describes the awakening in him of the literary sense. Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most.
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Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories.
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I think a culture can really be elevated through the arts, and it's always a dream come true when I come across roles that enable me to fuse my love of storytelling with my passion for activism and raising social awareness.
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I love people that work with passion and love. When you make choices that way, there's reverberations, consequences. That's what I'm interested in, that echo, that ripple of choice.
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When we know God to be our Father, should we not desire that he be known as such by all? And if we do not have this passion, that all creatures do him homage, is it not a sign that his glory means little to us?
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Recess and lunch are the best.
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My husband and I have very similar backgrounds even though we're years apart. So there are a lot of things that we basically share.
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I bear a deep red stain that runs from my left shoulder down to my right hip, a trail left by the herbwitch's poison that my mother used to try to expel me from her womb.
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I did not then know the besetting sin of woman, the passion to discuss her private affairs with anyone who is willing to listen.
