Victor Hugo Quotes
The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
Quotes to Explore
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If women would today would rise en masse and demand their emancipation, the men would be compelled to grant it.
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I want to see more Asians on TV. I want to see more faces like mine on TV.
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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As technology changes the way we communicate, connect, create, consume and innovate, it is democratizing access to opportunity. Education is no exception.
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When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.
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I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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There's a policy now of opening the doors to the outside world.
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The Strokes are one of my favorite bands... And there's this band called Future Islands that I love.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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I was a huge comic book fan as a kid. The only problem I had with comic books is how expensive they got. I didn't have a lot of money, so I had to be very specific about what I wanted to collect. I think they're all somewhere in the basement of my folks' house.
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I'm probably proudest of being able to lift a lot of us out of the 'hood. That's the biggest thing, that I've been able to employ a lot of people and give them opportunities.
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I find the business world hard.
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I like excess. And giant M&M's.
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I was a pop freak. I love music. Of course, I knew soul because I grew up in it. Writing it and everything. I love soul. But I love a tune that has some meat in it. Something I could hang my hat on. Because music is universal. Therefore, I felt no boundaries.
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When I write a note, it sticks in my head differently.
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When you're strong physically, it improves your strength in every other facet of your life. You're more confident, your self-esteem is higher, and your self image is better.
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Travel writing is harrowing. You are in paradise, more or less, having to prove it is paradise. It is hard to have a good time trying to figure out a way to say you are having a good time, whether you are having it or not, even in paradise.
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People are surprised to find out that an awful lot of people think that they're idiots.
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There are three things men can do with women: love them, suffer for them, or turn them into literature.
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The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised.
