W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self indulgence.
Quotes to Explore
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I debated free trade in college. I came out as a free trader. I'm a free markets guy. I'm an Adam Smith guy.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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If you're not careful as an actor, you can find yourself, at a certain point, a little bit bored.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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The first girl you go to bed with is always pretty.
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America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.
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One of the things that's interesting is that the PC has always had a huge amount of scalability. It was sort of the wild dog that moved into Australia and killed all the local life because it could just adapt. There used to be these dedicated devices, like dedicated word processors.
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A company's logo can be a visual ambassador, one that goes on everything from business cards to delivery trucks. When used effectively, it can be the window into the soul of a brand.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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I haven't reported my missing credit card to the police because whoever stole it is spending less than my wife.
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Date a woman with children only if you are ready to man up, because it's a position that comes with responsibility.
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Use the same measure for selling that you use for purchasing.
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Free speech means the right to shout 'theatre' in a crowded fire.
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We do believe that freedom, the right to choose, the right to vote, respect and justice is the fundamental right of all people. All people must obtain these rights.
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I've never played a Dane in a movie. I've had offers to be in Danish movies, including for some good directors, but I either had a job at the time or, when I was available, the movie just didn't happen. Hopefully someday I'll do one.
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All you have to do is to dream big and try to fulfil it.
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I'm a television junkie.
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The common class of mankind are actuated by no nobler principle than that of self-interest; this and this alone determines all adventurers in privateers: the owners, as well as those whom they employ.
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Industry looks at research and development for energy efficiency, lowering material costs, so on and so forth.
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We talk about theatre museums filled with old costumes and things. What we also need is a theatre museum of the old routines on videotape. We are only the custodians of those techniques, and they should be preserved.
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I don't want you to misunderstand me. You might get up and state what you believe to be Seventh-day Adventism, and I might not agree with everything you said.
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A woman will always sacrifice herself if you give her the opportunity. It is her favourite form of self indulgence.
