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.W. Somerset Maugham
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
Warren Weaver -
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.
Hailee Steinfeld -
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.
Balaji Srinivasan -
You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power.
Major Owens -
The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
Dan Savage -
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
Carl Jung
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
Orson Welles -
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
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.
Natalia Tena -
I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.
Adam Jones -
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.
Lamar Alexander -
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.
J. B. Pritzker
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It's more important to try to do something for the crores of poor people of my country.
Imran Khan -
Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.
Isaac D'Israeli -
I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
Sakshi Tanwar -
I wear a lot of wigs as Jacques Mesrine. He'd wear multiple wigs and take them off one at a time to rob three banks in one hour.
Vincent Cassel -
Perhaps one of the most difficult things for us to do is to choose a notable and joyous dress for men. There would be more joy in life if we were to accustom ourselves to use all the beautiful colours we can in fashioning our own clothes.
Oscar Wilde -
Putting myself out there knowing I can be criticized - it's ironic, but to me, that's the most empowering thing.
Jennifer Nettles Sugarland
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Having two back-to-back No. 1's is unbelievable.
Jon Pardi -
After I did the first Die Hard I said I'd never do another, same after I did the second one and the third. The whole genre was running itself into the ground.
Bruce Willis -
I was a fan of football. I was more of a Raiders fan, but I knew who O.J. was. I knew The Juice, and I remember the Hertz commercials with him running to the airport and whatnot. So he was a highbrow celebrity in my eyes.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. -
Civilisation, the orderly world in which we live, is frail. We are skating on thin ice. There is a fear of a collective disaster. Terrorism, genocide, flu, tsunamis.
Zygmunt Bauman -
Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.
W. Somerset Maugham