Victor Hugo Quotes
Crime is redeemed by remorse, but not by a blow of the axe or slipknot. Blood has to be washed by tears but not by blood.
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The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.
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The cure for crime is not the electric chair, but the high chair.
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a song called 'I Am A Singer', but I rewrote the words for Frank. I was in tears and, when he got up, so was he.
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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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My grandmother, grandfather, my mom - we've always been driven by laughter. It's what held us together. Thanksgivings, any kind of family get-together, we usually end up in tears.
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That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.
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I will never forget my beautiful days with you in Shanklin, they are certainly the most pleasant ones of my life. Look, I have tears in my eyes just to think about it. I am furious to be here, it is the end of happiness for a whole year.
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The worst crime against working people is a company which fails to operate at a profit.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.
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When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power.
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With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different.
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People have told me about organized crime in the fashion industry, but I can't talk about that. I'm looking to stay alive.
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Kids take work, effort, love, blood, sweat and tears and are a full time job. You have to commit, for better or worse and then give your all and hope for the best. The one thing you can never, ever do is give up and say, 'Oooops, never mind, my bad, you can take this one back!'
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No American should be killed by a drone on American soil without first being charged with a crime, without first being found guilty of a crime by a court.
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I think I'm part of a generation of crime writers all of whom woke up independently and recoiled with horror at the fact that we'd chosen this very conservative genre.
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Here (Jerusalem), tears do not weaken the eyes, they only polish and shine the hardness of faces like stone.
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Happiness is making your dreams come true.
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The way I see it, if people truly love my music, they will support me in some way down the road.
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Robespierre listened to me with terror. He grew pale and silent for some time. This interview confirmed me in the opinion that I always had of him, that he unites the knowledge of a wise senator with the integrity of a thoroughly good man and the zeal of a true patriot but that he is lacking as a statesman in clearness of vision and determination.
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Fear not, Cesario, take thy fortunes up. Be that thou know'st thou art and then thou art as great as that thou fear'st.
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Crime is redeemed by remorse, but not by a blow of the axe or slipknot. Blood has to be washed by tears but not by blood.
