W. Somerset Maugham Quotes
The great critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.
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I will not contest my parliamentary seat in a sad election that will not produce a Parliament capable of endorsing a realistic reform agenda for Greece.
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A career in showbiz is like a distance run. You have to have patience and pace yourself.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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Leaving Egypt and the people I loved so much, and the environment I liked, was definitely worth it, because I also have great love for medicine and science.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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I'm tall, fat, rather bald, red-faced, double-chinned, black-haired, have a deep voice, and wear glasses for reading.
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When I wake up in a bad mood, I try not to stay in one. Learn to make the best of what you have.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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I've wanted to design golf courses ever since I was a kid. I suppose it comes from the way I've played the game. To find the proper way to play any hole, I've always begun by asking myself what the architect has tried to do with it.
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I feel there is no shortage of real interesting women's roles. But I found them and did all of them just now.
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Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine is a gross violation of that nation's sovereignty and an affront to the international community.
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I feel crazy that me sticking with my dreams actually worked. It's wild and incredible.
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There is a clear link between illegal migrants coming to Europe and the spread of terrorism.
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There are movies where we are interested in seeing people's lives without agreeing with what they're doing.
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If partnering with Facebook meant that we had to change our values, we wouldn't have done it.
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One has attained to mastery when one neither goes wrong nor hesitates in the performance.
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With legitimate journalists I've always had a great time - I've never gone out of my way to court the press. That's probably cost me some money, but I've always had the respect of my peers.
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The victory of vivisection marks a great advance in the triumph of ruthless, non-moral utilitarianism over the old world of ethical law; a triumph in which we, as well as animals, are already the victims, and of which Dachau and Hiroshima mark the more recent achievements.
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We necessarily operate in an environment in which there's a great deal of uncertainty. In such an environment, it makes sense to use a risk-management approach to identify and avoid the big mistakes. That's one reason I favor a cautious approach.
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The great critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.
