W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
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To be truthful, Jay-Z wouldn't have a quarter of the records sold today if it wasn't for the white people buying his records.
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The happiest I have ever been is in the life that I led with my wife and kids.
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I like watching films that can play in any language because they're essentially silent.
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Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.
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If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airports all shut down and huge buildings collapsing, I don't care how much planning you do, the first 72 hours is going to be chaotic.
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I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives.
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We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
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My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses.
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Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there.
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But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
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What makes Gucci Mane Gucci Mane is like what made Frank Sinatra Frank Sinatra - it's just him. He's trap's Frank Sinatra.
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I'd probably play games obsessively if I didn't write, although I admit I don't read novels partly because I don't enjoy it, not just because it's the wrong side of the creator-consumer barrier for me. I'm a visual writer. I think in moving 3D images and write down what I observe.
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I defy any woman that doesn't feel more elegant and more groomed and ready for an evening than if you have a blow dry.
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These days politics, religion, media seem to get all mixed up. Television became the new religion a long time back and the media has taken over.
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If we are really serious about preventing another crisis like the 2008 meltdown, we should simply ban complex financial instruments unless they can be unambiguously shown to benefit society in the long run.
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I didn't so much choose the film as director Claire Denis chose me.
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What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.
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There doesn't seem to be a religion in 'Game of Thrones' that's totally peaceful... we haven't seen any Buddhists.
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Don't get me wrong – I love books! I just think a video has a bigger bang when it comes to a good, old-fashioned adrenaline rush.
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No matter what we call it, poison is still poison, death is still death, and industrial civilization is still causing the greatest mass extinction in the history of the planet.
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Weather is real. It is absolutely real: when it rains, it rains – you get wet, there is no question about it. It is also true about weather that you can’t control it; you can’t say if I wish hard enough it won’t rain. It is equally true that if the weather is bad one day it will get better and what I had to learn was to treat my moods like the weather.
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Littlenecks and cherrystones are chewy and sweet on the half shell with mignonette, served raw. But a well-cooked clam is a toothsome, tender thing, full of that magical stuff known as clam liquor.
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You may not be aware of a recent survey that showed that if the First Amendment were put to a popular vote today, it would fail by a 60% to 40% vote.
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What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?
