W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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It's a trifle hard to surprise yourself with a story you've written.
Ed Greenwood -
The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
Yehuda Amichai -
We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.
Maggie Hassan -
I am inspired by anything beautiful. Sometime it's a pair of eyes or flowing gorgeous hair, other times it's the sky or a sunset. I've been inspired by supple skin or the texture of a soft shirt.
Nadine Velazquez -
When you read about the best places to work, it's never about salary; it's about catered lunches, the daycare - it's the cool stuff that matters.
Paige Craig -
I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
Jackie Evancho
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It was not about losing my mental power; it's about not feeling good about my contribution to the game.
Garry Kasparov -
Community colleges are one of America's great social inventions a gateway to the future for first time students looking for an affordable college education, and for mid-career students looking to get ahead in the workplace.
Barbara Mikulski -
We have to change the kind of free trade deals we sign. We would have to change the absolutely central role of frenetic consumption in our culture. We would have to change the role of money in politics and our political system.
Naomi Klein -
Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose.
Zora Neale Hurston -
In writing, as in medicine, there are no short cuts. You need stamina.
Abraham Verghese -
One of the recent love stories I enjoyed was Bhaskar's 'Bommarillu.'
Ram Charan
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I got married quite early. And then I had a son. I had a family. And this may be hard to believe, but I am a complete family kinda girl.
Malaika Arora Khan -
I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
Lady Gaga -
I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
I knew boxing before I knew anything else.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
Daisaku Ikeda -
But the working I would always want to do.
Jackie Cooper
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When I was young, I ran to see Astaire and Rogers, Huston, Lubitsch - they were formative for me. I also read 'Flash Gordon' when I was 6, but if I were still reading it when I was 16, I'd have been an imbecile.
Lina Wertmuller -
Sometimes when an actor and director work together for the first time, it's not as if there's a suspicion, but there is tentativeness, a certain amount of a right of passage you have to go through in order to get there. When it's already there from the beginning, it's such a plus.
Edward Zwick -
We want to see a revised standard that narrows that opening and makes it more difficult for kids to get their fingers caught.
Hal Stratton -
One of the frustrating things for people who miss the first rally in a bull market is that they wait for the big correction, and it never comes. The market just keeps climbing and climbing.
Martin Zweig -
You see I thought love got easier over the years so it didn't hurt so bad when it hurt, or feel so good when it felt good. I thought it smoothed out and old people hardly noticed it. I thought it curled up and died, I guess. Now I saw it rear up like a whip and lash.
Louise Erdrich -
The Riviera isn't only a sunny place for shady people.
W. Somerset Maugham