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When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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The writer is more concerned to know than to judge. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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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

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The film itself involves a New York City radio storyteller, Gabriel Noone, who strikes up a friendship with one of his fans, an abused 14-year-old teenager who is suffering from AIDS, who does not have much longer to live. ↗

— Armistead Maupin

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

— Armistead Maupin

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