W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
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An incredibly high percentage of successful entrepreneurs are dyslexic. That's one of the little-known facts.
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Sean Connery wasn't the Scottish James Bond and Daniel Craig wasn't the blue-eyed James Bond. So if I played him, I don't want to be called the black James Bond.
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Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
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I don't take success and failure seriously. The only thing I do seriously is march forward. If I fall, I get up and march again.
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We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'
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We are not going to toy with our religion or any other. Nor are we going to barter. We are here to extend our hands to build peace and harmony.
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The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
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Due to my hectic work schedule, I hardly have enough sleep, and my skin tends to look dull. Facial masks are my savior, as it helps to brighten and hydrate my skin.
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I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.
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Any conception of human well-being you could plausibly have, the Taliban patently fails to maximize it.
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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.
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Kenya doesn't have much of an infrastructure for hosting a film.
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I like nicotine because it excites my brain and helps me work.
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The first single I released, 'Anything Goes,' is probably one of the best-written songs I've heard in a long time. It takes somebody knowing who you are. Sometimes writers know who an artist is and what they want to say and how they sing. I will never be opposed to cutting a song if somebody nails my life and what I'm going through.
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I like to stand right in front of my opponent. I think it makes for an exciting fight.
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I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.
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Baking is my pastime. I just love creating things. But it's not what I want to do for a living. Acting is what I want to do.
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If you want to talk about cultural appropriation, we have to go back to the Greeks.
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I used to want to be a lawyer, but I didn't want to have half my brain sucked out.
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If you keep your armpits open, you won't get depressed.
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When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.
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We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.
