W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
There's nothing the world loves more than a ready-made description which they can hang on to a man, and so save themselves all trouble in future.
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.
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If large numbers of people believe they have no shot at a better life in the future, they will work less hard and generate fewer new ideas and businesses. The economy, as a whole, will be poorer.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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I work with the Carl Lewis Foundation focusing on youth from high school down.
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The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
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Only four secretaries of defense served longer than Robert M. Gates. Many others were as dedicated; many sacrificed a great deal. Alone among them all, however, Mr. Gates had the task of turning around two wars that the U.S. was losing.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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For me, 'Atmosphere' was more about looking inwards and reaching out to people close to me. To emphasize the fact that I'm singing on the first single, this album is really more about me and songs that I've written instead of collaborating with people.
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I can do whatever I want.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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I still have an old painting the Colonel gave me. It was the first time the Colonel had been back to the Hilton since Elvis had passed away.
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You don't need to wear Spanx if you buy my clothes. The dress, the trousers, the pencil skirt - they should do the work.
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I tell people marriage is a compromise, and so are renovations.
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The end of confession is to tell the truth to and for oneself.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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If you elect a religious party into power, you no longer have a democracy.
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We don't see very far in the future, we are very focused on one idea at a time, one problem at a time, and all these are incompatible with rationality as economic theory assumes it.
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I'd much rather be in the world than in some ivory tower somewhere.
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The world was arrogant and self-satisfied, but behind all this confidence there was an uneasy sense of impending disaster. The old creeds, both religious and political, were largely in the process of dissolution, but we did not realise the fact, and therefore did not look for new foundations.
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A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
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There's nothing the world loves more than a ready-made description which they can hang on to a man, and so save themselves all trouble in future.
