W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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May we be saved from evil thoughts and deed of enemies of world peace who find pleasure in creating havoc and perpetrating all forms of carnage.
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I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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On my tombstone, I want written: 'He never did 'Love Boat!'
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No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.
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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'm just going to go with it for as long as it lasts.
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I think if I could do it over again - as much as I loved meeting the people I did on the films after 'Matilda' - I wish that I had stopped after 'Matilda.' I wish that I had just focused on my own life for a while.
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I spent my whole teenage life trying to get to London and go to dance school, but when I got there, I couldn't wait to get to the clubs on weekends. I knew I wanted to make music.
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Humor is an antidote to all ills.
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Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in power, it will have to change more.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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For 'Hidalgo,' I just spent as much time around horses as I could, which made sense.
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Psychologists have set about describing the true nature of women with a certainty and a sense of their own infallibility rarely found in the secular world.
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I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.
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I had a really typical, suburban, middle-class upbringing. The only thing out of the ordinary was being one of the few Chinese families in town.
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I love the fact that Facebook offers equal leave for moms and dads. Consider that for your company.
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Google is making a huge investment in developing the Ajax approach.
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I don't have enough faith to be an Atheist.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
