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W. Somerset Maugham Quotes

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.

W. Somerset Maugham

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Together Perfection Creative Exist

You moon the wrong person at an office party and suddenly you're not 'professional' any more.

Moon You Party Professional Person

I secretly think reality exists so we can speculate about it.

Think Reality About Speculate Exists

I didn't grow up around my father. I didn't really grow up around my mother, either. I was raised by a community of people. Spiritually speaking, my father is in Heaven, and that is who I look to for all my answers. And that's why my faith is very strong and why my passion is strong.

Father Mother Passion Faith People

I do earnestly wish to see the distinction of sex confounded in society, unless where love animates the behaviour.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Love Society Wish Sex See Where

I try not to put pressure on filmmakers to come up with a big scare at the beginning. I think that helps let the audience settle in and get to know the people they're about to spend 90 minutes with. Once the scarier stuff happens, it's scarier because of that.

Beginning People Think Pressure Know

When you are an athlete, it's difficult to take time off and say you want to come back without everyone judging you and attacking you.

Time You Back Say Want Judging

In the summer of 1982, like most summers, I spent most every day at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, Maryland, swimming and practicing diving.

Christine Blasey Ford

Day Swimming Every Day Country Club

So much of making movies is about discovery on the day, what you're figuring out. If you know everything going in, then it's not worth doing - it's already done.

Day Doing Worth You Discovery Know

To be able to help a 13-year-old kid from the Bronx follow her dreams just by letting her know she's not forgotten in this crazy world - that's why I got involved with Frum Tha Ground Up.

Dreams Crazy World Help Know Why

On the Web we all become small-town visitors lost in the big city.

City Lost Become Big City Big Web

I never think about a shoot before I do it. Because there's no formula for people. What I try to do is to strip everything away rather than go in with preconceived notions. If I do that, I might miss a gem or a jewel that the person is offering me.

People Me Think Person Go Never

Going to war without France is like going hunting without an accordion.

Norman Schwarzkopf

War Hunting Without Going France

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