W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 25, 1874 - December 16, 1965

Topics

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My mother insisted that her children read.

Jimmy Buffett

MotherChildrenHerReadInsisted

An easy way to find your own style is to exaggerate yourself a bit and then find a balance.

Johan Lindeberg

StyleYourselfBalanceEasyFind

Racism is not dead. Definitely, there are these biases.

John McWhorter

RacismDeadBiasesDefinitely

A few great minds are enough to endow humanity with monstrous power, but a few great hearts are not enough to make us worthy of using it.

Jean Rostand

PowerGreatEnoughHumanityMinds

We're all about trying to create ideas to help get businesses to grow and listening to businesses to help them out.

Rob Gronkowski

IdeasListeningGrowHelpTrying

Some bosses believe they can't afford to employ someone legitimately - so they employ them illegally.

Ross Kemp

BelieveSomeoneBossesSomeAfford

I am completely attached to my roots, and therefore you will see a Pahadi touch in all my albums.

Mohit Chauhan

I AmRootsYouWillTouchSee

I think to really be literate in nu shu you only need about 600 characters because it is phonetic. So you're able to then create many words out of one character.

Lisa See

CharacterWordsThinkYouCreate

I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don't do color theory!

Colleen Atwood

ColorsColorChooseWillPhotograph

My only general rule was to steer away from things I played with the band over the past couple of tours. I was interested in re-shaping the Rising material for live shows, so people could hear the bare bones of that.

Bruce Springsteen

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When we're not on the practice field, I'm watching tape, and when I'm not watching tape, I'm doing body work or something like that.

Brock Osweiler

WorkPracticeDoingBodyWatching

Christmas 1972 was a lonely time for Kissinger, as well as for his boss, and a period of serious reflection. Kissinger was then a bachelor, enamored of the tall, elegant, but elusive WASP Nancy Maginnes, but still very much a bachelor - Washington's most sought-after bachelor.

Alistair Horne

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