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?W. Somerset Maugham
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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.
Vanilla Ice -
Trust is something I know has to be earned whether you're a husband, a father, or a congressman.
Vance McAllister -
We don't need to bring down the rich folk to help the poor.
Jack Kemp -
My generation of the Sixties, with all our great ideals, destroyed liberalism, because of our excesses.
Camille Paglia -
Today the financial market is no good, but the money is there.
Jack Ma -
But all bubbles have a way of bursting or being deflated in the end.
Barry Gibb Bee Gees
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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.
Harmony Korine -
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.
Karen Traviss -
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.
Tamsin Egerton -
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.
Van Morrison -
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.
Ha-Joon Chang -
What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing.
Aaron Koblin
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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.
Carice van Houten -
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.
Patrick Carman -
You've got to believe you can get a result from the game.
Gary Speed -
We didn't do cotillions or anything. My family made fun of the pageants.
Parker Posey -
All records are not made to be broken.
Karl Malone -
Well, I was interested in playing the piano from as early as I can remember.
Warren Zevon
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It is absurd to have a hard and fast rule about what one should read and what one shouldn't. More than half of modern culture depends on what one shouldn't read.
Oscar Wilde -
Don't feel guilty if you don't immediately love your stepchildren as you do your own, or as much as you think you should. Everyoneneeds time to adjust to the new family, adults included. There is no such thing as an "instant parent." Actually, no concrete object lies outside of the poetic sphere as long as the poet knows how to use the object properly.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -
Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
Henry J. Kaiser -
You can't quit or give up before you get it!
Eric Thomas -
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?
W. Somerset Maugham