W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
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Let's talk about Connie Britton, who I love. I don't know of a person who doesn't love her, I don't know a man or woman who doesn't have a crush on her, she's the most fabulous person in the entire world, and she's such an incredible actress, and so sweet, and I love her.
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I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
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My father is a poet, my stepmother is a poet, and so I always had encouragement as a child to write.
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People sometimes recognize me here, but they are very nice.
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In some ways, with the security challenges this country has faced, we have had to put in rules and regulations for business to be able to sustain their growth and create jobs.
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For twenty years, Islamic Jihadists have been attacking American interests around the world and we did not take them seriously until September 11th, 2001.
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Leave Jesus on the cross. He's very happy there!
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I started out in Scotland, not as a footballer of any note, and I didn't play to draw the attention of people abroad.
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All I've done all my life is disobey.
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Who am I, if I'm not this singer with big high notes? I identify with my voice. But I'm more than just the acrobatics.
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Nothing is ever for sure, but when something in love doesn't work from the beginning, it's never going to work. Don't push it.
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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
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When budget cuts happen - which has been happening a lot in this country - after-school athletics and after-school music are some of the first things to go.
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I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day.
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As I view the Republicans in Congress, I don't see them as a real reflection of many Republicans in our country.
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High IQ individuals don't like surprises and are pessimistic, because it's logical.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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What does not exist must be something, or it would be meaningless to deny its existence; and hence we need the concept of being, as that which belongs even to the non-existent.
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Brave people add up to an aristocracy. The democracy of thou-shalt-not is bound to be a collection of weak men.
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A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.
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Your situation and prospects only seem hopeless because you have ideas of hope. Knock off that hope and the crippling feelings of helplessness go with it.
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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
