W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut.
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I like men who paint or write or do something creative.
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Robots are good at things that are structured.
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These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
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I introduce her as the love of my life everywhere that we go. She introduces me as her current husband. So you can see how the relationship kinda works here.
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The best time to expand is when people are asleep at the wheel.
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My number one goal is to love, support and be there for my son.
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You can't write a screenplay if you've been doing a zero-hours contract. Which means that the people who write drama, the people who commission dramas, and the people who direct dramas all come from a small circle of society.
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For a long time, I said I didn't want to model. I was a dancer.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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As a woman, I've learned that having a uniform of your staples or setting your look and saying what distinguishes you - like red lips or hair or whatever - leaves so much time for the rest of the day.
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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I certainly don't have any boundaries myself, but I think I'm very aware of other people's.
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I knew Hunter Thompson since the '70s, and I loved him, but he would wear me out as I got older.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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I'm not a one-issue person.
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I am that guy who will say things that people seem to think is a little edgy, a little racy.
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I definitely like performing to a crowd that's there to see a female hero.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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In the military, you learn the essence of people. You see so many examples of self-sacrifice and moral courage. In the rest of life, you don't get that many opportunities to be sure of your friends.
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I think there's something really thrilling to having to get people laughing about something, and then, when you have them in that comfort space, you can drop the weight into the texture of the story.
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I had it in my mind: to be confident, and to keep saying that until the confidence appeared. But I took it too far. Confidence did help make me champion, but, man, I took it to a whole different level. I was a megalomaniac. I was not humble and it eventually came back on me. So I want my kids to know, keep humbleness and kindness in their hearts. It will prevail.
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All archaeologists in Israel and Palestine make use of the New Testament Gospels. They do this because the Gospels exhibit verisimilitude. In short, the Gospels help archaeologists know where to dig and they help archaeologists understand what they unearth. The 2nd-century Gospels and Gospel-like writings rarely exhibit verisimilitude, so archaeologists rarely appeal to them.
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If I'm DJing a show, I will normally wear the designer I'm DJing for; if I'm DJing a party, I will most likely be wearing very high heels.
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The secret of play-writing can be given in two maxims: stick to the point, and, whenever you can, cut.
