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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We want someone to bring us the news.
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There is not room to swing a cat.
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By his very profession, a serious fiction writer is a vendor of the sensuous particulars of life, a perceiver and handler of things. His most valuable tools are his sense and his memory; what happens in his mind is primarily pictures.
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Holly Black is the Real Thing: a gifted writer with a solid grounding in what matters. Her stories are dark and splendid blooms rising from roots sunk deep in myth and tradition.
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We could cope—the world could cope—with a Jesus who ultimately remains a wonderful idea inside his disciples' minds and hearts. The world cannot cope with a Jesus who comes out of the tomb, who inaugurates God's new creation right in the middle of the old one.
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The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.
