W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
He found himself now in the agreeable situation of being able to do what was best for others and at the same time what was convenient to himself.
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Not only is self-regulation largely a fantasy, but repeated scandals across multiple industries have proved that companies are fundamentally incapable of self-regulating for the greater good.
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It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
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I don't know if foreigners will take to my novels or not. It may be that my books appeal only to a particular gender or age group rather than convey a more universal appeal.
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I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.
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If there's one thing I've learnt, it's that I don't think a man ever looks better than when he's in a suit. So I'm wearing them increasingly, not in my personal life, but in my professional life, and I'm really enjoying it.
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I like to keep my private life private.
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I think there's no higher calling in terms of a career than public service, which is a chance to make a difference in people's lives and improve the world.
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Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.
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Oh, I have to say Romana; she was much more fun to do but I did enjoy the Princess when she was turning bad.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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Working in a bar was a horrific idea for me.
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What is good for General Motors is not good for America if General Motors is moving production out of the United States.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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Game theorists analyze negotiations as if they were split-a-pie games involving selfish players.
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Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.
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When I was 16 or 17, I started listening to Death Cab, and I started writing my own songs. I was writing alternative rock, and I had a seven-piece band. The shift was just iterations of experimentation and finding what sounded right. When I stumbled on the sound and vibe that I currently have, it was kind of by chance.
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We can learn from IBM's successful history that you don't have to have the best product to become number one. You don't even have to have a good product.
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I think, in a lot of ways, we underestimate how much clothing plays a part in achieving our identities and in how we want the world to deal with us.
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My mother is an artist, and I have a strong visual sense. I almost always choose the cover art for my books. I've learned that the more I collaborate, like by having someone do a soundtrack to one of my books, the more I see my own work differently.
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I make work a bit like how you mix cocktails - with ingredients like budget, history and location.
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Work hard and never make excuses.
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Customers often value a good more when its price goes up. One reason may be its signaling value. An expensive handcrafted mechanical watch may tell time no more accurately than a cheap quartz model; but, because few people can afford one, buying it signals that the owner is rich.
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In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
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He found himself now in the agreeable situation of being able to do what was best for others and at the same time what was convenient to himself.
