W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on and the other river we step into is cool and refreshing, too
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I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others.
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I fought the best; I've never been afraid of anyone.
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We hope that the elected officials will respond positively to a ground swell of letters, phone calls, e-mails and visits from parents. The law clearly states that the responsibility for giving a sound basic education to our children lies with New York State.
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Nearly all edible seaweeds - or 'sea vegetables,' as they ought technically to be called - belong to one of three broad groups: green, red and brown algae.
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I started off first doing a TV series called 'Boston Common.' That was my first big job, and then I went on to do another half hour comedy show, and that was with Tom Arnold, called 'The Tom Show.'
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I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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Sometimes they keep us in the dark, but it's TV, so sometimes they keep us in the dark because even they don't know yet. You know what I mean? So, it sort of develops as it goes along and according to various needs that arise.
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Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling in at night. I miss you like hell.
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I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing.
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I've always kept a low profile, and I like it that way.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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The best way to catch my attention is to throw a Twinkie near my face.
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The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.
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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
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Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have become fans of songs rather than fans of artists.
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It seemed like most of the memories faded before they had time to form. And after a while, my life with my father seemed like a familiar story or a distant dream.
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You must never throw away things that are worth good money.
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I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
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French novels generally treat of the relations of women to the world and to lovers, after marriage; consequently there is a great deal in French novels about adultery, about improper relations between the sexes, about many things which the English public would not allow.
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I know when I left the game, I could have played more. There is no question. I think I could have played at a very high level, too. But I could not play the way everyone wanted me to play. And I was not willing to compromise what I felt was a standard that I had established in this league and, particularly, for our fans at home.
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My talent isn't so much in traditional research as in finding really smart people and badgering them with questions.
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If you hold a cat by the tail you learn things you cannot learn any other way.
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If I can help a kid discover a liking, or even a passion for music in their life, then that's a wonderful thing.
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We can none of us step into the same river twice, but the river flows on and the other river we step into is cool and refreshing, too
