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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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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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 tend to think that cricket is the greatest thing that God ever created on earth - certainly greater than sex, although sex isn't too bad either.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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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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Sometimes the only way you can feel good about yourself is by making someone else look bad. And I'm tired of making other people feel good about themselves.
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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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I do respect people's faith, but I don't respect their manipulation of that faith in order to create fear and control.
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As a culture, we really like our food passive.
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I was shot when I think it was number one. That was the catalyst for the interest in the show. Certainly it went on for a long time after that but that's what really kicked it off. Of course a lot of people watched it just because of the novelty of the situation.
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The laws of thought are also the laws of things: of things in the remotest space and the remotest time.
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To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules.
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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?
