W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey.
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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I spend my own money, not other people's money.
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All my books are optimistic!
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As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy.
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I don't even like to talk Lions too much just because the way our relationship ended.
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Look at market fluctuations as your friend rather than your enemy; profit from folly rather than participate in it.
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
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For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions.
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I figured out early on what I wanted to do.
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As an actor, I think you should always disappear a little. I act in order to lose myself.
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My wife watches me like a hawk.
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People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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The prevailing system of management has crushed fun out of the workplace.
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I think foreign countries really do like it when American artists sing in their language. And when you go over there and say, 'Hi, how are you?' in their language, they love it. It makes them feel like you're doing it just for them. We in America take so much for granted.
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I've always danced. I've always been around it.
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I don't like the bullying, do-one-over style of comedy. It's so cheap.
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I think Instagram at its best is where you feel like you're getting the most authentic version of the person on the other side of the camera. Someone who does this wonderfully well is Lena Dunham.
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So when I got out of the military, I went back to school in biology, and earned a biology degree at the University of Texas, and then did some graduate work in it.
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For all eternity, I forgive you and you forgive me.
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Although I have lived in Manhattan since 1992, for the better part of two decades I have remained in blissful oblivion of all matters sportif.
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I'm really resentful (of dad) ..., ... .... I suppose he deserved it. No, I couldn't be prouder.
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Heaven knows what pains the author has been at, what bitter experience he has endured and what heartache suffered, to give some chance reader a few hours' relaxation or to while away the tedium of a journey.
