W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
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The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety.
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I kind of lost interest in school. I was never really that interested anyway. I was never academic. I didn't really go to school as much as I should have.
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The people I respect most behave as if they were immortal and as if society was eternal.
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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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I think punditry serves no purpose.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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College dropouts with significant debt struggle with repayment over the course of their lives and do not receive the benefits afforded to their peers who have debt but obtain higher-paying jobs as a result of college completion.
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Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.
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I never felt popular as a child and never had best friends.
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The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.
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Do not share your inventions with many; share them only with the few who understand and love the sciences.
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Conscience is the perfect interpreter of life.
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It is a pleasure to play under Jose Mourinho, and everything is OK. I learn every day. He is a normal coach. He speaks a lot with the players. I like it when the manager speaks a lot with you because it gives you confidence.
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Why should Bollywood accept me? I should accept Bollywood. I don't care if Bollywood has accepted me. I don't seek acceptance. I don't need to live up to anybody's expectations.
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America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words 'veteran' and 'backlog' should never appear in the same sentence.
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The Amex has a long, often troubled, sometimes glorious history.
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As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings - not run across the street and ask what my mother thinks.
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I don't know what 'famous' is, really.
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The body is an actor's tool, like the face, malleable. I never thought that being naked was immoral or outrageous.
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Each man must look to himself to teach him the meaning of life. It is not something discovered: it is something molded.
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When we realize how great a debt we owe to God, we become willing servants, eager to be poured out for God and His Kingdom.
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I did live through Katrina and also Hurricane Rita, which hit Lake Charles. Interestingly, when Katrina hit, they evacuated and Lake Charles was one of the evacuation destinations. We opened up the civic center of the city to the evacuees and provided them free medical and psychiatric care there.
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Her berth was of the wombe of morning dew, And her conception of the joyous Prime.
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The great American novel has not only already been written, it has already been rejected.
