W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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No man ever quite believes in any other man. One may believe in an idea absolutely, but not in a man.
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To show resentment at a reproach is to acknowledge that one may have deserved it.
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If we despond, public confidence is destroyed, the people will no longer yield their support to a hopeless contest, and American liberty is no more. Through the darkness which shrouds our prospects, the ark of safety is visible. Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters.
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I am flirtatious by nature, but I have never hurt anyone.
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When the simple word processors came in, writing became crisper, less dense - just because of the way we could instantly edit on the screen. Now the ability to mash up words and pictures and links and songs and tweets is what matters. I can't imagine what writing will be like in 2154.
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My emergence has been slow and steady, I would say. I think I've improved every single year. I keep getting better; I keep getting fitter, sharper - and I'm not stopping.
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I know having a Jason Bourne all alone in a field firing at bad guys is much more dramatic, but it's not real.
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Initially, I thought problems on how the brain works to be the most interesting. But it was necessary to be practical and concentrate on less obscure matters when I entered Washington State College. Besides, there were no courses given in neurobiology.
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If I had the use of my body, I would throw it out the window.
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When you cease to dream you cease to live.
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I'm not actually even a very good singer. I'm not.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Actors make less than you think.
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The world needs new leadership, but the new leadership is about working together.
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I try to eat healthy. But sometimes, though, I eat cheeseburgers. That's good for the soul. I make sure to balance everything out. I drink tons of water.
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Being born Roman and Romanisti is a privilege.
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I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
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I am very patriotic and grew up in a house with football fans.
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...because if you tell a lie when you are being eaten by a nearly dead queen, you are always struck dumb.
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We have to take the first step as though there were no God. It is no use to wait for God to help us, He will not: but immediately we arise we find He is there.
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I had a terrible bout of acne after I turned 30.
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As a writer myself, my job has very often been to also write on the job. So you get the script and a vague idea of how the scene might work, and you then add funny words or change the script. I'm not the world's best writer or the world's best actor, but I can do that thing where I can fix - or ruin - fix-slash-ruin, add quirk, add value.
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The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
