W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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How lucky am I?
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Advertising is what you do when you can't go see somebody. That's all it is.
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We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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I dyed my hair pink when I was fifteen.
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We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.
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It's such a weird thing: to sit and look at yourself is so distracting to the psyche. It would be like me standing in front of a mirror and looking at myself all day, trying to find a flaw.
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I keep endlessly busy with all kinds of stuff, mostly horses, cattle, livestock, things like that.
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I have always been interested in design, but in the beginning I didn't set out to make jewelry specifically.
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Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.
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I have always wanted to be liked and respected.
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With so many of our fundamental rights hanging in the balance, it is not good enough to simply roll the dice, hoping a nominee has changed his past views. It's not good enough to think, 'This is the best we can expect from this president'.
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A man in the house is worth two in the street.
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The reason I was angry all the time was that Gloria Steinem and all those people, without reading my work, were saying all these horrible things against me.
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I used to wear boxers and a tank top, but now I sleep in the nude. It's kind of weird, because I used to have to wear something to bed, whether it was a tank top or whatever. And now if I have any clothes at all on, it's really hard to get to sleep.
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This ain't a football game, we do this every day.
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My ultimate aim is to make euthanasia a positive experience.
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I mostly want to be friends with my children.
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It's not necessarily about what career you pick. It's about how you do what you do.
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The way that I work as an actress, I always prefer to read the whole story and tell the whole story and feel what the whole story's going to be, the journey for the audience and how it ebbs and flows, the highs and the lows.
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Face the truth squarely. In politics that is always the best and the only correct attitude.
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If and when the war starts(WW2), no matter where or whoever you are or if you are young or old, Northner or Southner, you all have the responsibility of protecting our home and repelling the enemy, you all must have the will to achieve ultimate sacrifice.
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It is only when you know a boy's environment that you can know what influences to bring to bear.
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Self-doubt, which is the artist’s bitterest enemy.
