Victor Hugo Quotes
There is a material advancement; we desire it. There is, also, a moral grandeur; we hold fast to it.
Quotes to Explore
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The desire is thy prayers; and if thy desire is without ceasing, thy prayer will also be without ceasing. The continuance of your longing is the continuance of your prayer.
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
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I think the fossil fuel industry is genuinely freaked out by the combination of the price collapse, the divestment movement, and that fact that renewable energy is getting so cheap so fast.
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Photography, alone of the arts, seems perfected to serve the desire humans have for a moment - this very moment - to stay.
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No, there are no hard and fast rules about sources, no printed booklet to help journalists through.
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I love fast cars... and to go too fast in them.
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Whoever has not begun the practice of prayer, I beg for the love of the Lord not to go without so great a good. There is nothing here to fear but only something to desire.
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By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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When you are discontent, you always want more, more, more. Your desire can never be satisfied. But when you practice contentment, you can say to yourself, 'Oh yes - I already have everything that I really need.'
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I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me play baseball - I had no desire to do that. I said, 'Mom, I don't like direct sunlight, I don't like bugs, I don't like grass, and I'd rather be in the house playing with your fabric samples.'
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I can only say that I myself wrote always as I wished, without a tremendous desire to find the latest thing possible.
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Live fast, die young.
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If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
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My art springs from my desire to have things in the world which would otherwise never be there.
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Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
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For the Nugent family, fast food is a running herbivore.
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All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
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What drives that desire to destroy Paris Hilton? What drives that desire to venerate Angelina Jolie? I do understand it, but it still baffles me. It baffles me when people treat me specially and differently, because I just want to look at them and go, 'What are you talking about? I'm just a person.'
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I had parents in the business and they made sure that the art was the biggest concern.
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I think you have to go deep into the bag of tricks, so to speak, to try and slow down the quarterback.
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No one will die because of bad acting. No one will die because you missed a cue. We're all human beings. If mistakes are made, you figure out that you're going to live.
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Success in war and preservation of a country's social framework as a purpose at least equal in importance to welfare of individuals.
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Christianity began with 120 in the Upper Room, within three centuries it had become the predominant religion of the Roman Empire. What brought this about? The answer is deceptively simple, while Christianity was being presented to unbelievers in both Word and deed, it was the deed that far exceeded the Word in evangelistic effectiveness.
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There is a material advancement; we desire it. There is, also, a moral grandeur; we hold fast to it.
