W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
The day broke grey and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child's bed.W. Somerset Maugham
Quotes to Explore
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The Afghans themselves say that if you put two Afghans in a room, you get three factions.
P. J. O'Rourke -
A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.
Dan Rather -
Everybody gets dressed every day, and whatever you decide to get dressed in that morning is communicating something.
Hailey Gates -
If you can dream it, then you can achieve it. You will get all you want in life if you help enough other people get what they want.
Zig Ziglar -
A woman can look both moral and exciting... if she also looks as if it was quite a struggle.
Edna Ferber -
Our house is a constant mayhem of music, noise, socializing and business. It vibrates life, as a house should.
Dan Hill
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
Kapil Sibal -
Women should wear clothing. Clothing shouldn't wear them.
Rachel Roy -
I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
Cameron Diaz -
I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.
Madeleine Albright -
I have a fascination with Flight 93. My emotions are mixed: awe, gratitude, fear, heartache, pride - even, in some ways, guilt.
Dana Perino -
I think I thought it would be important for electronics as we knew it then, but that was a much simpler business and electronics was mostly radio and television and the first computers.
Jack Kilby
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I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
Paris Hilton -
I met Gerhard Richter and Alighiero Boetti when I was a teenager, and I was really inspired by them. When Boetti died, I realized I only vaguely remembered so many things he told me. It was such a pity. Had I only recorded his voice, he would still be with me, and I could listen to it from time to time.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
I don't have any outside view of myself, and if I did, I would probably be creatively inhibited. I just write in the way that I write.
Rachel Kushner -
I don't run behind authority.
Naguib Sawiris -
There really has not been a strong Republican message to either the poor or the African American community at large.
Jack Kemp -
I grew up in Arizona, but I moved to L.A. when I was 18 to model. I was doing work for American Apparel and then got cast in the Yeezus tour. Vanessa Beecroft did the creative direction, and they hired three American Apparel models and nine dancers - it wasn't a lot of dancing; we were mostly just walking.
Kacy Hill
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If the economy grows, housing gets better, quicker.
Jamie Dimon -
I don't feel as though I am under any pressure to return to Australia, given I won the PGA Championship, and I am just hoping everyone back home will understand my situation. I just want to make sure I am there for Ellie and that she has my support when she has our second child.
Jason Day -
I lived in New York City for a while and miss it like it's a person. Although I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I'm a New Yorker at heart. A stroll through Central Park, a visit to the MET, a show on Broadway. There is no other city like it in the world!
Zoe McLellan -
I've become more interested in creating a band sound than trying to outshine the other guys.
Darrell Lance Abbott -
The day broke grey and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child's bed.
W. Somerset Maugham