W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art. ~Waddington
Quotes to Explore
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Kids are always going to be around people who break world records and that. It's how you deal with that. I never let it get in the way of my race, but I am always more than happy after the race to sign autographs and have photos.
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I think in every picture that I've ever made. Everything that I've done torments me. I really would like another chance except I'd be too embarrassed to ever really try to do them again and no one would want to see the same movie just done differently.
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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Biggie was a lyrical genius: he was a musical painter with words. As he rapped, you would see the picture come to life as you heard his story. You hear a lot of rappers rap; you hear a lot of singers sing, but you don't see the movie in your head the way you do when you hear Biggie rap.
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I do hot yoga and TRX, a kind of suspension training.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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The Irish do not want anyone to wish them well; they want everyone to wish their enemies ill.
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I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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I started studying at 26. Before that, I never thought of acting as something that I would ever try.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.
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I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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Art is individualism, and individualism is a disturbing and disintegrating force.
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To destroy is always the first step in any creation.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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In order to be a great marketer, you have to be focused and intense and look at scarcity, urgency, activity and passion in the marketplace.
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Sacrifice counts for a lot in sport. From a young age, I couldn't do the normal things that the boys of my age get to do. Maybe you have a nice car or a nice house, but at times you just want to be a normal guy and you can't.
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I have to work with the team at Blizzard and the producers on the film and convince them that, as a fan, I have a unique and hopefully entertaining way of taking people through the first contact story, which is really what sets up 'Warcraft' for everyone else.
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I would love to work with Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, B.B. King. I'd love to do something with Arctic Monkeys, Miles Kane, and The Last Shadow Puppets. If I got a call from Juliette Lewis or PJ Harvey, or Chrissie Hynde, that'd be a thrill.
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I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though.
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Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art. ~Waddington
