W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Art... is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.
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I always had the feeling that Bleachers is my soul.
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Every morning I wake up and thank God.
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I like to see a good scientific bout by men who know the use of their hands but would rather walk twenty miles than see animals in strife.
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Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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I don't get bothered by fans.
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We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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I liked English and art and did a lot of painting. And for some reason I was good at math, but I wasn't an A student. I really had to work hard to get good grades.
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
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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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Being a New Jersey native, going down to the shore for my whole life, it's a big thing that out of towners are very much looked down on and there is a real conflict between the locals and the Bennies - people that are out of towners, not from the shore. That's slang going back in the day.
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That's what people expect: They don't want to read a slight novel. People don't want to waste their time on anything less than 'great.'
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There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity?
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The big part of coffee production in many rural areas is in the hands of women. It's women who work in the fields. They harvest the coffee. They wash the coffee. They take the coffee to the market. But when the coffee gets to the market, it's the man who cashes in the money for the crop.
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This action also will meet a fundamental objective of the partners -- to share ownership benefits and responsibilities more broadly among all of the firm's employees.
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Art... is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.
