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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#exaggerated #laid #like #men #mind

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#create #down #hill #his #liberation

Death doesn't affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn't concern the dead because they have ceased to exist. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#because #ceased #concern #dead #death

We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#others #our #own #resignation #suffering

It may interest you to know that my breakup with Terry and this mystery did not happen concurrently in real life. That is a writer's device, which places Gabriel under even greater pressure when the mystery begins to reveal itself. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#breakup #concurrently #device #did #even

Well, maybe it has to do with the fact that I was a complete Hitchcock fanatic from age 9. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#complete #fact #fanatic #hitchcock #i

But I'm acutely aware that the possibility of fraud is even more prevalent in today's world because of the Internet and cell phones and the opportunity for instant communication with strangers. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#acutely #aware #because #cell #cell phones

I haven't lost faith in human nature and I haven't decided to be less compassionate to strangers. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

#decided #faith #haven #human #human nature

I mean, I grew up with pretty down-to-earth, atheist parents, but I was born a Pisces. ↗

— Melissa Auf der Maur

#born #down-to-earth #grew #i #i was born

If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny. ↗

— Andre Maurois

#character #create #destiny #habit #you