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.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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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.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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I think people come and go, 'I'm going to find the real Gary. What is it... the real Gary? I've got to find it.' But the thing is, it's pretty much what you see is what you get. I'm just like this. There's no hidden viciousness.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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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.
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There are times in my life when I just want to be by myself.
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I have dedicated many years to economic study, up to the Ph.D. level, to analyze and understand the inherent weaknesses of aid and why aid policies have consistently failed to deliver on economic growth and poverty alleviation.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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There are many reasons I feel at home in the U.K., but if I were asked to pinpoint the moment I knew I'd arrived, it might well be when I realised the British shared my love of fritters.
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I've dealt with a lot of couples over the years, and most cite the battle for closet and bathroom space as one of the most frequent causes of marital discord.
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
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If there's a trait for not sleeping, I probably have it.
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The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.
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I am very career minded, and I think my personality is more suited to America. I am a working mother.
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A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.
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At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
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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.
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Being an actress isn't as fun as it may seem. If I don't love something, I stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it.
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Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
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I do feel that softness for the vulnerability and the innocence in our world, including my own.
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A man who has been in another world does not come back unchanged. One can't put the difference into words. When the man is a friend it may become painful: the old footing is not easy to recover.
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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.
