Victor Hugo Quotes
Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.
Victor Hugo
Quotes to Explore
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For me, graffiti means making marks on surfaces using just about anything, be it markers, spray, paint, chalk, lipstick, varnish, ink. Or it can be the result of scratches and incisions. The aim is to maintain the energy created by disturbance or excitement in the street.
Barry McGee
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I would be pleased if someone would invent a pill to remove my impatience, moodiness, and occasional bursts of anger. But if they did, I wouldn't be able to write my novels or paint.
Orhan Pamuk
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I'd rather be doing something than not doing something.
Dan Jenkins
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Do not deprive someone of his livelihood. This is a sinful tendency.
Mahavira
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There is something joyous about not talking.
Ingmar Bergman
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There are days when I still want to be able to do what I want when I want, but there's also something wonderful about being secure.
K. D. Lang
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I'm really not a journalist, and I don't do a ton of newsy pieces. Occasionally I'll write about something that's going on recently, but I really don't do a ton of stuff that's tied to current events.
Mallory Ortberg
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There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.
Evelyn Waugh
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As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.
Taiye Selasi
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Diminish the mass of evils that afflict the human species, increase enjoyment and well-being. And even if the new routes opened up could prolong the average life of mankind by only a few hours, or even a few days, then the scientist, too could aspire.
Antoine Lavoisier
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Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.
Victor Hugo
