W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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I try to live my life in a holistic way, show that all of it intersects because I'm coming from the same place. Now, at the core of it, I'm just trying to connect and be there, so I'm trying to be there for my family, my wife, my kids, my friends.
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When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them.
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Hollywood, the business, would be just fine if someone were to destroy the Hollywood sign. The city's there is the airport - its point of entry and exit, and in some ways its identity.
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When I was in jail, I was a lot of people's favorite person. I practically ran the jail. I had more freedom than the police.
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We are so blessed to be here in America. We have freedom and opportunity unlike anywhere else in the world.
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That's what Kiss is all about - not just music, but entertainment, y'know? We're there to take you away from your problems, and rock and roll all night and party every day for those two hours you're at the concert.
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I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.
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What is without periods of rest will not endure.
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I can do whatever I want.
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There will never be talking pictures.
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If someone takes you out, and you're wearing sweatpants and a T-shirt, and they take you to a fancy place and you're unprepared, that's bad.
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My heart has been stolen too - but I've gone and got it back every single time!
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Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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Actually, I bought one share of Warren Buffett's stock, probably 35 years ago, in order to read his letters.
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He who is firm in will molds the world to himself.
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You can put a new shirt on your back, slide a fresh chain around your neck, and accumulate all the money and power in the world, but at the end of the day those are just layers. Money and power don't change you, they just further expose your true self.
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It is a far greater happiness to obey no one than to rule the whole world.
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I feel like there are women who are genuinely born to be mothers, and women who are born to be aunties, and women who really probably not should be allowed near children. The tragedy that happens is when any one of those women ends up in the wrong category.
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If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
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You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.
