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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The nature of an ensemble means when you're a supporting character and not the lead character, you get little tidbits here and there, but you're usually there to provide bits of comic relief and little bits of action or something.
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I married a young Englishman in Cambridge in 1955 and have lived in Britain every since.
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There are 3 or 4 important things in life: Books, Friends, Women…and Messi.
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Surrounding yourself with inspiring people is now just as important as being talented or working hard.
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You want to play video games twenty-four hours a day?" "Or watch. I just want to not be me. Whether it's sleeping or playing video games or riding my bike or studying. Giving my brain up. That's what's important.
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But when all was said the important thing was to love rather than to be loved.
