W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I grew up watching 'Raging Bull.'
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I have no interest in non-fiction. I don't read it and don't watch it and don't write it, other than a little journalistic column.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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I think the key to a great romcom is to not fight against the genre. The trend more recently has been to apologise or be snarky, so it's an anti-romcom. Just lean in and embrace the fact it's a love story, and it's funny, and it's light. It can still be uber-smart and deal with zeitgeist issues.
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I don't have anything interesting to conceal or reveal in my private life, and it is really only my work and professional life that I want to talk about.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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I would love to work with the great movie actors of our time.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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If you say the word amnesty - the 'A-word,' so to speak - it's DOA. If there's even a hint of amnesty in my district, it's dead on arrival.
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It was sort of just a family sport. My mom and dad were pretty keen golfers when I was young and so were my grandparents, and I just sort of tagged along with them.
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Live your life while you have it. Life is a splendid gift. There is nothing small in it. Far the greatest things grow by God's law out of the smallest. But to live your life, you must discipline it.
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Did I shop Kmart for clothing? No, I didn't. But I loved that I could be totally involved in the hangtags, the buttons, the commercials and with the designers. Something in my head said 'Yes.' I was adventurous.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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I'm fascinated by sports, the buzz of winning, and the buzz of losing.
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The kids are not brought up to have minds of their own as individuals.
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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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With what all these people are saying, do you think that anybody wants to be around me? They all think that I did this on purpose? That I knew that I was positive, for so many years? I feel now that I'm going to be attacked if anybody sees me or if I go to the office.
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Songs can be Trojan horses, taking charged ideas and sneaking past the ego's defenses and into the open mind.
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My mother, who was in the Resistance in the Second World War, passed away at 96, and it was like she was 60. I almost have to apologise for my genes.
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My mother doesn't really embarrass me. Even when I was young. She understands my career.
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You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.
