W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
She gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into her answer. 'You men! You filthy dirty pigs! You're all the same, all of you. Pigs! Pigs!'
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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A mortgage transaction is very complex, very complicated, and very localized - the rules are not just by state but by county, sometimes even by municipality.
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Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.
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By the usual reckoning, the worst books make the best films.
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Brittany Murphy... who knows if she's going to be around. Kirsten Dunst, I think she's really boring. Reese Witherspoon? She can open a movie.
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The only reality show that I do tune in for is 'Shark Tank.'
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I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.
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My mum's really short so she always wears really tall heels, and I used to steal them and now it's just a part of my everyday life.
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It's important for people to understand where things come or what they represent.
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If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.
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'Miele' is a code name for a girl who has a double life.
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Life in the Middle East is quite different from other places.
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Stay calm and aggressive.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
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Work is that which you dislike doing but perform for the sake of external rewards. At school, this takes the form of grades. In society, it means money, status, privilege.
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Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.
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Everybody on my team - I couldn't do their jobs. I could not. I really mean that. So I figured out early on that the way you're successful is you hire really successful people.
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As a filmmaker, you complete a film you have spent years obsessively making, and you know the release prints will never look quite the same; prints get scratched and dirty.
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I found that I was much more interested in writing and that I didn't like the illustrating at all. I had always been the hardest on myself when I drew and painted. I am not hard on myself when I write. I like what I write, so it is a much happier process.
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Even if you're playing the most well-known repertoire under the sun, I still believe you have a responsibility as an artist to tell the audience why you're playing it, what are the key aspects to it, and then throw in a bit about its historical context.
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Acting is not a normal job, no, but I don't think that takes me out of the game as far as having had the experience of being a hard worker.
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She gathered herself together. No one could describe the scorn of her expression or the contemptuous hatred she put into her answer. 'You men! You filthy dirty pigs! You're all the same, all of you. Pigs! Pigs!'
