W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
The spirit is often most free when the body is satiated with pleasure; indeed, sometimes the stars shine more brightly seen from the gutter than from the hilltop.
Quotes to Explore
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The idea of interdependence is central to Buddhism, which holds that all things come into being through the mutual interactions of various causes and conditions.
Daisaku Ikeda
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I've been described as a smart actor because I've attended college. Or I've been called an artsy jock. And I am thinking, 'So, are actors supposed to be dumb?'
Omari Hardwick
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
Candace Bushnell
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We are not going to turn our backs on people who have been persecuted, turn our backs on people who have been threatened by terror.
Gavin Newsom
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All reactionaries are paper tigers.
Mao Zedong
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Can I eventually take classes and eliminate my accent? Sure. I guess anybody could. But this is who I am, and this is what I got. And there are millions of people who sound just like me. Millions. It's not like this is some novelty.
Jack McBrayer
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English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. I like exploring those, er, differences in national snippiness.
Rachel Johnson
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Having money has given me a certain freedom, but being in the public eye has taken away a lot.
Sadie Frost
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Venus favors the bold.
Ovid
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I praise the Lord, the Sovereign of the royal realm, Who has extended his sway over the tract of the world.
Taliesin
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I don't think you can judge something without seeing it.
Sam Taylor-Johnson
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I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better.
Taylor Schilling
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The revolution doesn't always look perfect.
Caitlin Moran
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As a boy, I had an uncle, T. G. Bond, who lived near Moreton Hampstead and who was passionately devoted to Dartmoor. He inspired me with the same love.
Sabine Baring-Gould
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It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
Adam Brown
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Let's take care of the necessities first: give people jobs, and find a way to get us out of poverty.
Eartha Kitt
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We're not looking at banning all weapons.
Gary Ackerman
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I think awards are good for the movie. They can bring a new audience to the movie. I've always claimed that things like that don't get you work. Work gets you work. That's my blue-collar, protestant work ethic.
Frances McDormand
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There is just one exception to the FCC's no-throttling rule - if a company can prove that throttling is 'reasonable network management.'
Marvin Ammori
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I can honestly say that I am happier now than I have ever been. For the first time in my life I feel free.
LaToya Jackson
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Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.
Kate Winslet
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To curtail free expression strikes twice at intellectual freedom, for whoever deprives another of the right to state unpopular views necessarily deprives others of the right to listen to those views.
C. Vann Woodward
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About magazines school children sell, which his wife buys without even looking at what she's buying.
Bill Engvall
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The spirit is often most free when the body is satiated with pleasure; indeed, sometimes the stars shine more brightly seen from the gutter than from the hilltop.
W. Somerset Maugham