W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.

W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham

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Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.

Queen Latifah
- Up
- Different
- Women
There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.

Carlo Ponti
- Work
- Art
- Perfect
When I go to my health club, and it's in the basement, you have to take the elevator down. And this drives me crazy. Why can't there be a stairway? At least make it as easy to exercise as it is to not exercise. It's in society's interest for me to take the stairs.

Malcolm Gladwell
- Why
- Society
- Health
I have crazy friends, so a lot of times when we're out, people recognize me on the street, but they will yell, 'This is Cameron Boyce!' and just run! They do that. Then I'm in the middle of the street with people looking at me.

Cameron Boyce
- People
- Friends
- Crazy
I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.

Nate Silver
- Time
- Good
- High
I love the truth. Tell the truth and live the truth, because we've seen enough lies and look what it's doing.

Waris Dirie
- Live
- Truth
- Lies