Victor Hugo Quotes
But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength.
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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At 93, so deep in dementia that she didn't remember any details of her life, my mother somehow still knew songs.
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It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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Because of the structure of the contemporary American party system, every president is polarizing.
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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
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It's always a little bit personal when your work is cut down for whatever reason.
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I'm always glad to see somebody rethink something rather than reproduce something I did.
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My life is so full of sacrifices.
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Every novelist has a different purpose - and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.
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Becoming the new feminine ideal requires just the right combination of insecurity, exercise, bulimia and surgery.
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I should have been a much better artist if I could have studied more and amused myself less.
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An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
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I might have to do the London Marathon. I like crowds, so that is why I like the big marathons.
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I abide by a rule concerning reviews: I will never ask, neither in writing nor in person, that a word be put in about my book.... One feels cleaner this way. When someone asks that his book be reviewed he risks running up against a vulgarity offensive to authorial sensibilities.
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A woman carries her clothes. But the shoe carries the woman.
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If I'm an entrepreneur and I have an idea, and I don't have the development talent around me but I need to find a developer, I would do my selection just like I would with hiring an employee.
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Nothing is more uninteresting than completely knowing somebody, being totally at ease.
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And for yourself, may the gods grant you your heart's desire, a husband and a home, and the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, when a man and woman live together with one hear and mind, bringing joy to their friends and grief to their foes.
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For I am yearning to visit the limits of the all-nurturing Earth, and Oceans, from whom the gods are sprung.
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Write me as one that loves his fellow-men.
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Though 'Shahid' was the only true story, what happened in 'Trapped' can happen to anyone. And I am sure there are people like Newton, and there are boys who are naive, sweet, and rowdy, like my part in 'Bareilly'... The humanness is something I loved.
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But alas, if I have not maintained my victory, it is God's fault for not making man and the devil of equal strength.
