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Person Quotes by W. Somerset Maugham
- There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish deep.
- The complete life, the perfect pattern, includes old age as well as youth and maturity. The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon…
- The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and despicable that if you were to portray a person as…
- It has amazed me that the most incongruous traits should exist in the same person and, for all that, yield a plausible harmony.
- We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to…
- Only a mediocre person is always at his best.
- There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons…
- Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.
- We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to…
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- My mother is the coolest, most amazing person I know. — J. J. Abrams
- I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it? — Richard Bach
- The first person to promulgate the Golden Rule, which was the bedrock of this empathic spirituality, was Confucius 500 years before Christ. — Karen Armstrong
- A boo is a lot louder than a cheer. If you have 10 people cheering and one person booing, all you hear… — Lance Armstrong
- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not… — Mary Kay Ash
- Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
- A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. — Arthur Ashe