W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness. It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists.

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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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As you probably know, I've written a lot about the presidency, so it's obviously exciting when you get to interview a president and write about it.
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The situation is quite serious - groundwater is important source for water use, including drinking water, and if it gets contaminated, it's very costly and difficult to clean.
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I think God gave us senses of humor, and we should use them.
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When I arrived at Barcelona, I was following a dream, but I now realize sometimes it's better to be content with what you have rather than follow a dream which nearly kills you.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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I'm sure my father had more to do with my career than I would like to give him credit for. I would love to think it was all me!
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In the 1990s, it's OK to do comedy about the Chernobyl disaster or the Space Shuttle blowing up. It's acceptable to ridicule the Pope or the President of the United States, but God forbid you do a joke... about gays. The gay community is the last sacred cow in this society.
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You've got to live in the moment. When it's over, it's over.
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A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
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The only shoes that look futuristic are Crocs, but they would be terrible to use in a futuristic movie.
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I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games.
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So if I get these actors for 30% of their price by coming in so late with an offer when they know they are not getting another offer then I do it this way.
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It's an unfortunate reality of life that toxins are constantly building up in our bodies.
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Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.
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I'm on 'Dancing with the Stars' because I want to prove my sister wrong. My sister literally told the world that I could not dance, so I have to redeem myself.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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Get as rude as possible and don't let anyone tell you how to live.
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My parents wanted me to have an honorable profession and not to be a jester.
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Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process.
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Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness. It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists.