W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore.
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It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.
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I really like just super dry comedy.
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We've got great fans that rock and roll won't have, because you can have a one-hit record and country music used to, not so much anymore and you have a fan forever.
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Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.
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I like Disney Channel a lot, and I also like to watch 'Full House.'
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Compromise, contrary to popular opinion, does not mean selling out one's principles. Compromise means working out differences to forge a solution which fits the diversity of the body politic.
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My brother and I had many games. We were inseparable. We had a little team going on between us. We had even a language that was kind of like pig latin. So we'd speak in the language. It's called Op.
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Back in the day, I used to read 'Archie,' but I haven't been a comic book aficionado.
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I've seen the future and it's much like the present only longer.
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
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Tennis is definitely a star for women in sports.
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I would say that to put architecture in the chain of history, to be able to interpret and understand why we are where we are, is quite crucial.
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I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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I was fascinated by fairies when I was growing up, and I wanted to see one dreadfully.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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If you're going to dedicate every second to winning the decathlon, what are you doing wasting your time in bed?
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Jokes that are gratuitously offensive are synonymous with bad writing to me. I'm offended as a writer first and as a person second.
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We've changed our reflections, but inside we're just a child.
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There is no better way to give comfort to an enemy than to divide the people of a nation over the issue of foreign war.
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NASA trains you to assess emergency situations and react in a way to keep yourself and everyone else safe.
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I don't understand why I wanted to kill you.
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Modern science kills God and takes his place on the vacant throne. Science is the sole legitimate arbiter of all relavent truth.
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The rain fell alike upon the just and upon the unjust, and for nothing was there a why and a wherefore.
