Max Beerbohm Quotes

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

Max Beerbohm

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 24, 1872 - May 20, 1956

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I was always kind of against streaming, but I've been traveling so much, and I usually carry a huge hard drive of digital music with me, but I haven't had time to deal with it, so I've been doing streaming. And I had this incredible breakthrough of weightlessness where I've really been loving streaming music.

Jim James

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I've certainly been someone who has loved to mine the trials and tribulations of growing up in general, and the people who are in our lives, and I don't mind pulling from them and writing things down on my phone that my family says.

Jim Rash

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I have several writer friends, but I don't involve them in my work process. I'm more likely to talk about the business of publishing with them.

Jodi Picoult

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Painting is a science, and should be pursued as an inquiry into the laws of nature.

John Constable

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I've worked with so few female directors.

Andrea Riseborough

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And I thought about the psychic numbing involved in strategic projections of using hydrogen bombs or nuclear weapons of any kind. And I also thought about ways in which all of us undergo what could be called the numbing of everyday life.

Robert Jay Lifton

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I do come alive in front of a camera. The first video I ever made was a formative moment for me.

Roisin Murphy

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I've played in small markets; I've played in big markets. For me, basketball is inside the arena. It doesn't recognize what market you're in. It's about wins and losses, and that's the way I approach it.

Jason Kidd

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It slightly worries me that when people find a problem, they rush to judgment of what to do.

Janet Yellen

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My dream car would be a Maserati. That would be amazing.

Jordana Brewster

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If the expression of and advocating for your values makes you lose a job or a person, then that person/job sorta just... wasn't your heart's tribe.

Constance Wu

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You have this one life. If you keep being selfish and unkind, it's going to come back to you.

Clemantine Wamariya

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