W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.
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I was a little hesitant at first because there's so many ways you can get 'Straight Outta Compton' wrong. You know, it's such a great story; it's such a classic tale. I was a little nervous 'cause it's like a very narrow road to success with that type of story - you got to get it right - but when I read it, I was pleasantly surprised.
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I want to entertain people, but with some substance.
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We're trying to build a platform utilizing the Internet that allows the good American people to speak out about their frustration about the polarized country that we live in politically.
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Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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In a way, Jersey really supports rock, maybe more than New York City and Long Island. I know plenty of bands that tour and do much better at Starland or other clubs in New Jersey than others in the tri-state area.
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Many of the issues we face in dealing with rapid climate change are well suited to an engineering mind.
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Kids need time for problem solving, critical thinking, applying knowledge through project-based instruction, working in teams, falling down and getting right back up to figure out what they didn't understand and why.
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Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself.
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.
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It's so hard to be the girl in a country song, so we're speaking up.
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My record speaks for itself.
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When I'm performing, I'm not even thinking about the song. I'm thinking about the audience.
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Using lots of fresh foods, fruits and vegetables, helps to keep the menu buoyant - I don't know if that's the right word, but it keeps a balance of freshness and health.
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Every new development, highway, railroad, steamship line, building operation, whether it be a drainage project in old Greece or a new water system in Peru, means an added use of the automobile.
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My Smiths, my Carters, the Cashes - everybody embraced me and held my arms up when I couldn't do it myself.
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In our society, the sound of men complaining is like nails on a chalkboard.
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I want to see as many movies as I can and I covet a lot of weird influential movies.
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I don't mind having people over, but it's weird how much more withdrawn I've become than being social in public places, I guess.
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People habitat has to take priority over bird habitat.
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If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a place now where filmmakers make films based on other films because that's where the stimuli and influence comes from.
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To mention only contemporaries, Delacroix, Corot, Millet, Rousseau, Courbet are masters. And finally [I like] all those [painters] who loved and had a strong feeling for nature.
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It sounds odd coming from me, but I realize what I say and how I look has a great impact.
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No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.
