W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give... You will find that people forget the failures of others very quickly.... My last piece of advice is not to let anyone see your mortification, but whatever you fancy people are saying about you to go on with your ordinary life as though nothing unpleasant had happened to you.
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I grew up in a very large, poor family.
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The tragedy of all of this is that it happened to me and it shouldn't have happened. It ruined my life and my career. That's the tragedy of this.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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When I was in school, there was no such thing as girls' athletics.
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The more I talk about things, the more I understand myself.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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A lot of hard work goes into making a film. It's not all fun time, as people tend to think. There are always stereotypes attached to every profession, but I found out this industry breaks them all.
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The Wreckoning is a darker song. But the record is positive.
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I think the only time I show my emotions and anger is on the cricket field; otherwise, I've mellowed down. And with age, I think, with age you always end up mellowing down.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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If the blood humor is too strong and robust, calm it with balance and harmony.
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I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.
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I'm the only person in this sport, for the most part, that ain't on steroids. Now there's new rules in effect, yeah, you've got guys not on steroids now, but they used to be. They've always been on steroids.
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I am one of maybe three people in the world who knows anything about Robert W. Chambers.
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The aim of life is self-development. To realize one's nature perfectly - that is what each of us is here for.
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As an actor, you have to just think about the truth of your character. You have to think about how to play the character in the way that you know it needs to be played in your heart and why you were hired.
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I don't care who you are. You can be the smallest person off the street, or you could be the biggest person in the world. I'm going to treat everybody the same - with respect.
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I'm always in awe of people who are artists in their fields - people who understand that simply by taking ideas and translating them into reality, they've created value in the world.
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What needs to be discharged is the intolerable tenderness of the past, the past gone and grieved over and never made sense of. Music ransoms us from the past, declares an amnesty, brackets and sets aside the old puzzles. Sing a new song. Start a new life, get a girl, look into her shadowy eyes, smile.
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To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give... You will find that people forget the failures of others very quickly.... My last piece of advice is not to let anyone see your mortification, but whatever you fancy people are saying about you to go on with your ordinary life as though nothing unpleasant had happened to you.
