W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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What brought mass innovation to a nation was not scientific advances - its own or others' - but 'economic dynamism': the desire and the space to innovate.
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Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look.
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I am a romantic, and I think dates are wonderful. I like quirky and fun things. Like going for a bike ride or for a pedicure together.
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We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.'
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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I was always very determined and ambitious, and I knew I would do something that would let me travel and stuff, but I didn't know really know what I would do to get there.
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I feel fortunate that I'm able to play diverse roles. I don't think everybody in Hollywood gets the opportunity to do that.
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There's nothing wrong with constructive criticism, and I learn from that and better myself. I'm not expecting anyone to be sycophantic in any way; I never expected that.
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I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
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Santorum is the greatest person on the face of the planet as far as I'm concerned.
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My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.
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I'll tell you what's helped me my entire life. I look at baseball as a game. It's something where people can go out, enjoy and have fun. Nothing more.
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I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
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We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, having inner command and outer excellence.
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Identify your niche and dominate it. And when I say dominate, I just mean work harder than anyone else could possibly work at it.
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I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.
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The need to communicate effectively with your customers will come up again and again.
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I think the kind of unexpected I really love is when you open books and the actual way of writing is different and interesting. Like reading Virginia Woolf for the first time or Lawrence Durrell for the first time.
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A sexy shoe is one that men like.
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Yet they that know all things but know That all this life can give us is A child's laughter, a woman's kiss.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
