W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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I had great English teachers in high school who first piqued my interest in Shakespeare. Each year, we read a different play - 'Othello,' 'Julius Caesar,' 'Macbeth,' 'Hamlet' - and I was the nerd in class who would memorize soliloquies just for the fun of it.
Ian Doescher
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
Randall Kennedy
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
Sally Mann
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No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy.
Karen DeCrow
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Theatre is how I first encountered art on any level.
Patrick Marber
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For me, juicing isn't about binging and cleansing; I try to incorporate it into a balanced diet.
Eddie Huang
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My hair walks into a room before I do.
Rachelle Lefevre
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I do like to make things difficult for myself and my team, just from taking on a challenge, if you like.
Victoria Beckham
Spice Girls
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I've never been good at saying no.
Patrick Modiano
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We were given drinks, and drank them, and talked while we drank them. But talked, here, is a euphemism: we had that conversation about how you make a Martini. The people in Hell, Dr. Rosenbaum had told me once, say nothing but What? Americans in Hell tell each other how to make Martinis.
Randall Jarrell
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Only desperation can account for what the Chinese do in the name of 'medicine.' That's something you might remind your New Age friends who've gone gaga over 'holistic medicine' and 'alternative Chinese cures.
Anthony Bourdain
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'Bring forth the horse!' - the horse was brought;In truth, he was a noble steed,A Tartar of the Ukraine breed,Who look'd as though the speed of thoughtWere in his limbs.
Lord Byron
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When you're a teenager, your friends are your life. When you grow up, friendships seem to get pushed further and further back, until it seems like a luxury, a frivolity, like a bubble bath.
Sarah Addison Allen
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I would love to do Broadway the rest of my life! Because it's challenging, because it makes me grow as an actor, as an entertainer, as an artist, and that's what I need; that's what I'm hooked on.
Ricky Martin
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It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.
Carl Jung
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There are younger directors, and anybody over 30 is ancient to them, because they're not that old.
James Garner
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Apparently, if you live until 75, you'll have spent 25 years in bed, so it makes sense to have a decent mattress.
Marc Warren
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Things don't get any easier by putting them off.
W. Somerset Maugham
