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I discovered my limitations and it seemed to me that the only sensible thing was to aim at what excellence I could within them . I knew that I had no lyrical quality . I had a small vocabulary and no efforts that I could make to enlarge ...
I discovered my limitations and it seemed to me that the only sensible thing was to aim at what excellence I could within them . I knew that I had no lyrical quality . I had a small vocabulary and no efforts that I could make to enlarge ...
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But that seemed to me unsatisfactory . During the rehearsals I had come in contact with the people who were interested in the society and especially with Granville Barker , who played the leading part in my play .
But that seemed to me unsatisfactory . During the rehearsals I had come in contact with the people who were interested in the society and especially with Granville Barker , who played the leading part in my play .
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He lives not by truth but by make- believe , and his idealism , it has sometimes seemed to me , is merely his effort to attach the prestige of truth to the fictions he has invented to satisfy his self - conceit .
He lives not by truth but by make- believe , and his idealism , it has sometimes seemed to me , is merely his effort to attach the prestige of truth to the fictions he has invented to satisfy his self - conceit .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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