W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
The modern clergyman has acquired in his study of the science which I believe is called exegesis an astonishing facility for explaining things away.W. Somerset Maugham
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Ignorance is bliss. I wish I still had some.
Adam Pascal -
When you've won a gold medal and you're at the top of your sport, everyone's trying to beat you. I find that incredibly motivating.
Hannah Kearney -
It's never as easy to keep your own spouse happy as it is to make someone else's spouse happy.
Zsa Zsa Gabor -
All change is bad. But sometimes it has to be done.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
Pablo Casals -
It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.
Sally Mann
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
Orison Swett Marden -
My responsibility is to follow the law.
Karen Handel -
It's jarring to go from one amazing experience to another that feels ordinary. I don't quite know how to explain it. You see the uniqueness of what you've been doing, and disassociating yourself from it and going back to the 'normal' life is tough.
Nat Wolff -
Mankind's feeling of responsibility to create a decent life and make it worth living with dignity has always been stronger than the will to kill life.
Tawakkol Karman -
Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.
Larry Flynt -
Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
Carl D. Anderson
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A lot of times, losing a fight is tough. In your darkest hours, I guess your true colors show.
Daniel Cormier -
Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.
Carla Gugino -
I chose films made by people I wanted to work with, about subject matter I thought was intriguing.
Ed Harris -
I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?
Iris Apfel -
The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
Ovid -
I'm very ambitious, but I also love myself - which means I try to take care of myself.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas
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Because of their size, parents may be difficult to discipline properly.
P. J. O'Rourke -
The simple things in life make me very happy.
Samantha Fox -
Struggling writers are often advised to pick a simple genre, but it doesn't work that way.
Alan Furst -
As we go forth into the coming year, let it not be in the haste of impetuous, forgetful delight, nor with the quickness of impulsive thoughtlessness . But let us go out with the patient power of knowing that the God of Israel will go before us.
Oswald Chambers -
Yes, I don't believe that the inter-Korean relationship has, quote, 'deteriorated' since I assumed office. Rather I believe that the relationship between the two Koreas is entering into a new phase - a time of transition. And so I think that the North Koreans are trying to see what they can build with this, with my new administration.
Lee Myung-bak -
The modern clergyman has acquired in his study of the science which I believe is called exegesis an astonishing facility for explaining things away.
W. Somerset Maugham