"Nothing in the world is permanent, and weâ€™re foolish when we ask anything to last, but surely weâ€™re still more foolish not to take delight in it while we have it."

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Source : "The Razor's Edge". Book by W. Somerset Maugham, 1944.

W. Somerset Maugham

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“Music actually meant something when I started doing it. Too bad I wasn't mature enough to write anything that meant anything.”
“There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The difference of the degrees in which the individuals of a great community enjoy the good things of life has been a theme of declaration and discontent in all ages.”
“Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake? This is commonly misquotes as You can't have you're cake and eat it, too.”
“Science demands from a man all his life. If you had two lives that would not be enough for you. Be passionate in your work and in your searching.”
“You got to look on the bright side, even if there ain't one.”
“Everybody spoke English in my class, and they would turn to me and say, "What's going on in your country?" I would try to explain to Austrians, Poles, Australians, Israelis, Costa Ricans - people from all over the world - what was going on in our country. I would have to say, "I don't know what's going on, either. It's pretty evenly divided in our country. Sometimes one part's on top, and other times, the other faction is on top, and right now it's just crazy. We hate it as much as you do."”
“Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.”

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