She’s wonderful. Tell her I’ve never seen such beautiful hands. I wonder what she sees in you. ” … - W. Somerset Maugham

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I recorded my first jazz record in the '70s.

W. Somerset Maugham

She’s wonderful. Tell her I’ve never seen such beautiful hands. I wonder what she sees in you. ” Waddington, smiling, translated the question. “She says I’m good. ” “As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue,” Kitty mocked.

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Throw yourself into the hurly-burly of life. It doesn't matter how many mistakes you make, what unhappiness you have to undergo. It is all your material. . . Don't wait for experience to come to you; go out after experience. Experience is your material.

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