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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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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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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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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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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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
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When I first moved to New York, I was still returning to Tennessee every few months to perform.
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From 1962 to 1965, the guitar became this icon of youth culture, thanks mostly to the Beatles.
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I like my body, I like to have fun with what I put on, but I also want to remain classic. So I guess my signature is sexy and eclectic but classic.
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Everybody thinks that an important book has to be a big, long book.
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Male circumcision has been practiced for thousands of years and is a deeply important ceremony for two major religions.
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Life passes us by if all we do is focus on the future. Being present, for the present, is really what is important.
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The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and is ordained of God.
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National boundaries these days are not that important because of transformative technological development. Now we are talking about the fourth industrial revolution.
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But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
