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W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

W. Somerset Maugham quote: "She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable..."

She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

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Mahad had done wrong, but I had been unforgivably trusting, which meant I was fatally dense. I had failed to be suspicious. I deserved my grandma's scorn. I was not allowed to talk back to Grandma, and Ma said nothing to defend me. I could only sob, and seethe. Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Really, I think that going out and playing with your friends is kind of becoming a lost art, with the kids in the neighborhood. Frank Shorter
Heraclitus quote: "It is not appropriate to act and speak like men asleep."
It is not appropriate to act and speak like men asleep. Heraclitus
George Orwell quote: "If there really is such a thing as turning in one's grave,..."
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At all these European shows there are autograph collectors who stand outside for sound check and before the show and sometimes at the hotel. I don’t even know if they know who I am. At Gateshead, I signed autographs going in to the show, when I came out this little guy came up to me. Cathy said, “You already signed for him.” He said, “No! I wasn’t here before.” He was irate. Anyway, Cathy and I got in the car and went to the hotel that was about mile away. The guy beat the car there. I told... Randy Newman
Henry B. Adams quote: "Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man."
Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man. Henry B. Adams
Real danger is nothing more than just living. Of course, living is merely the chaos of existence, but more than that it's a crazy mixed-up business of dismantling existence instant by instant to the point where the original chaos is restored, and taking strength from the uncertainty and the fear that chaos brings to re-create existence instant by instant. You won't find another job as dangerous as that. There isn't any fear in existence itself, or any uncertainty, but living creates it. Yukio Mishima
I was shocked to read that Lord Ferrers, a Home Office minister, when booked for speeding and presented with a 40 fixed penalty with three penalty points, them wrote to the Suffolk police to thank them for catching him. There is a sickness in England. If his lordship appreciates punishment so much, it was unkind just to fine him. He should have been caned, with his trousers down, by the side of the road. Auberon Waugh
The words I AM are your sacred identification as God- your highest self. Take care how you use this terms because saying anything after I AM that's incongruent with God is really taking the Lord's name in vain! Wayne Dyer
What can you do with a person who says that he is absolutely uncertain about everything, and that he is absolutely certain about that? Idries Shah
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August in Florida is God's way of reminding us who's in charge. Bill Bennett
Gabriela Sabatini quote: "The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing."
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