W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
W. Somerset Maugham
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
Barbara Bush
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
Ha-Joon Chang
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
Zoe Kravitz
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
Paramahansa Yogananda
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You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
Francesca Annis
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
Aaliyah
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I am very career minded, and I think my personality is more suited to America. I am a working mother.
Victoria Beckham
Spice Girls
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
Sam Rayburn
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
Canelo Alvarez
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The food system is not a free market. In this country, we impose reasonably high standards of animal welfare - but we haven't applied the same standards to food we import, so all we're really doing is exporting cruelty from Britain elsewhere, and at the same time undermining our farmers.
Zac Goldsmith
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The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption that increases production.
Zygmunt Bauman
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I stopped writing fiction the moment I started writing songs, and I miss it.
Jake Shears
Scissor Sisters
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The more we understand what is happening in the world, the more frustrated we often become, for our knowledge leads to feelings of powerlessness. We feel that we are living in a world in which the citizen has become a mere spectator or a forced actor, and that our personal experience is politically useless and our political will a minor illusion.
C. Wright Mills
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I think that role model is kind of a weird thing because obviously you are, but I try to make good choices and good decisions for myself for me to have a good life. If that inspires someone else, that is great, but I think you should do good for yourself and your own happiness.
Dakota Fanning
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The only thing I can say about W. C. Fields … is this: Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.
Leo Rosten
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(World War I) was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise lied, So the writers either wrote propaganda, shut up, or fought.
Ernest Hemingway
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An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
W. Somerset Maugham
