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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They (corporations) cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed nor excommunicate, for they have no souls.
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As I began to grow, my family thought my obsessive interest in girly things was just a normal developmental phase.
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I have a skepticism toward romance. I believe that decency and companionship are, in the long run, more important in life.
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A person who uses party as a verb is a person who will walk into a shop and walk out wearing a rubber jumpsuit.
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This is sports. In sports, you win and you lose. That's the nature of sports. You can't get away from that part of it. And if you get too hung up on the losing part, then you miss the boat. The competition part, a game like that, is why you play sports. That is as good as it gets.
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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.
