W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
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Shakespeare's villains are fabulous because none of them know that they are villains. Well, sometimes they do.
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One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do. It doesn't matter if you're close - it still sounds terrible to their ears.
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I always turn to the sports pages first, which records people's accomplishments. The front page has nothing but man's failures.
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We have to be aware that fossil fuel energy sources have an expiry date. A timeframe of 30, 40 or 50 years can seem a long time to get rewards for economic policy, but it's only a short time for implementing a new energy policy.
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I only seek in my old age to perfect that which I had not before thoroughly learned in my youth, because my sins were a hindrance to me.
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Everybody talks. Anthony Pettis talked before the fight. Donald Cerrone talked before the fight. See what happened?
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You know, we don't have any decorative sprigs of rosemary; we're not placing little matchstick radishes onto an hors d'oeuvre... The food's gotta taste good. The concept's gotta taste good.
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I had studied theater for three years in London when someone suggested me for the role.
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Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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When the British became Christian, Christianity in no way altered their political organisation.
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Humility is the gateway into the grace and the favor of God.
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Looking at the way the game is played, I'm envious of the conditions. We played on some ropey World Cup surfaces. I genuinely never look back and wish I earned the money they do today, but I do think of that element.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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The secret is to make sure your family comes before anything else, because no matter what you do you've got to come home.
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While he was president, it was popular to be a Nixon hater.
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Call no man happy before he dies.
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Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.
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I probably would have gone the M.F.A. route except I was a dad at 19, and it made more sense to go to work for a newspaper and support a kid that way. But the funny thing is, that detour became the most important step in my developing as a novelist.
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I've never been able to understand what they mean by 'Pinteresque,'. I'm sure it's indefinable.
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Le bon critique est celui qui raconte les aventures de son âme au milieu des chefs-d'œuvre.
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But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
