W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Hollywood's got its own particular environment.
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I know I'm good enough. I don't need to show it to you. Either you know who I am, or you don't.
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I'm waiting for them to make 'Thundercats'. I would love to be Cheetara.
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I don't think about my fame very much.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and unclouded pleasure are contained within the knowledge and love of God.
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America faces a new race that has awakened.
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If you took ISIS' oil, that would not stop them. It's not their only source of revenue. It would be a setback, but it would not stop them.
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Richard Lester is a wonderful director, a great comedy director, of course.
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I'll kind of get interested in a subject and I won't know why. It'll be in my head for many years and I'll say, 'Do I know enough here to research?'
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The best part of being a vegan is the purity and peace of mind one experiences and the strong connection I feel to the animal kingdom.
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The moral is that a career can be gone in an instant. And all you have in this world are the people you love.
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My first priority is trying to protect my family.
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I want to, at the end of the day, be able to say, 'I am a runner.'
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I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos.
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I want to be able to speak to some real things.
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In making up stories, as in reading stories, I could create a contained world in which an experience is shared in its entirety.
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The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.
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It's wonderful to see art in a museum, but it is institutionalised. I don't like the idea of the artwork as something that requires special conditions. I would like it to be universal.
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There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?
