W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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Virtually every major technology has an initial spike of interest, then a dip, and then a long-term rise to success. The dot-com bubble is the canonical example, but there are many more.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
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Most people who get in trouble in politics usually get in trouble because they're disconnected from the people they serve, and I don't think anybody in Tennessee, even people who won't vote for me, would accuse me of that.
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I focus on supporting high quality early childhood health care and education. By betting my resources on very young children, I know I'm making an investment that pays guaranteed dividends with a high rate of return.
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In reality, I've always been an actor - since I was a kid. I did theater growing up in New York. I was always in the plays in school. I was either going to be an actor or an athlete or a soldier. Those were kind of the three paths that I always kind of embarked on.
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
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Stories are the common ground that allow people to connect, despite all our defences and all our differences.
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Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.
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I'll take my chances with this life all the same. The next one will find you no matter where you run. No sense chasing it.
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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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The South was very segregated. I mean, all through my childhood, long after Jim Crow was supposed to not be in existence, it was still a very segregated South.
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Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.
