Victor Hugo Quotes
God has bestowed two gifts on man: hope and ignorance. Ignorance is the better of the two.
Quotes to Explore
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I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.
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I look upon another's insistence on the merits of his or her life - duties, intellect, accomplishment - and see that most of it is nonsense.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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Your mind, while blessed with permanent memory, is cursed with lousy recall. Written goals provide clarity. By documenting your dreams, you must think about the process of achieving them.
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We sometimes think that being a celebrity is the same as being a role model. But a role model is actually someone you can touch, talk to and dream with.
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I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
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I had that hunger to work and keep growing. So I started to cut hair. When I started getting better, I got my own barbershop. I had a lot of clients in my hometown, so I wouldn't stop cutting hair. That's why I think I have such discipline in my job because I've always been very responsible.
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They're desperately searching for meaning in their lives but they will not crack the Bible open.
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Sometimes my colleagues joke and call me Hannah.
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I am much pleased to find how very well I stand work & how my powers of attention & continued effort increase.
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I really enjoy being an actor!
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Once you get into a feature, whether it's a sequel or an original one, you have to start all over again, and you're creating a world, creating new characters. You're also tracking emotions. You're trying to create emotion and create a character that you can fall in love with for two hours.
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The first version of The Beautiful Room Is Empty was the first mss. I'd ever submitted to New York editors.
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Even after all these years, finding a really first-rate story is still a thrill, one I want to share with others.
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Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.
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I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like.
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If He who in Himself can lack nothing chooses to need us, it is because we need to be needed.
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With men, we blame the victim. We blame men because we have camouflaged men’s victimization by teaching men to also be the victimizer. Men’s victimizer status camouflages men’s victim status.
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The destructive character knows only one watchword: make room. And only one activity: clearing away. His need for fresh air and open space is stronger than any hatred.
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I now think, Love is rather deaf, than blind, For else it could not be, That she, Whom I adore so much, should so slight me, And cast my love behind.
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Dear Sallie: I am very sorry you have a cold and you are in bed. I played with Mary today for a little while. I hope by tomorrow you will be able to be up. I am glad today sic that my cold is better. Your loving, Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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Deficits must be cut, yes, but the rush to austerity risks undermining the fragile global recovery.
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God has bestowed two gifts on man: hope and ignorance. Ignorance is the better of the two.
