Victor Hugo Quotes
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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In a real sense, people who have read good literature have lived more than people who cannot or will not read. It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish.
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The first Indy was definitely the one I remember. It's my favorite race I've ever done. It's the most memorable race I've ever done, for sure. Even more than when I won. I just remember everything about it.
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World War II was a decisive time in our history and June 6, 1944, marked the decisive moment of the war.
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Since its very inception, Israel has been a threat.
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I'm certainly relishing the idea of living a century. Can you imagine that? What an achievement.
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Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.
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Adultery is the ultimate deal-breaker for me. I would rather be alone than in a relationship that doesn't honor me.
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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.
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Personally, I have nothing against work, particularly when performed, quietly and unobtrusively, by someone else. I just don't happen to think it's an appropriate subject for an 'ethic.'
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I always figured it was best if I write my songs, take them to my publisher and just lay back. There used to be so many things going on - getting to the artist, getting to the publishers - you know, politics. I just didn't want to get mixed up in all of that.
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I have never been vain. I don't take myself seriously. I don't consider myself sexy or good-looking.
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I always do my own stunts, as much as possible. I'm a little stubborn about it.
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Now the point of comedy is not just looking funny, it's use of language. We have at our disposal a great language... and the imaginative, creative use of that language can be at the service of humour.
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Refinancing your mortgage usually makes sense if you can lower your interest rate by at least two points. But the most important question to ask yourself is, how long will it take you to break even?
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Always in life bad times will lead to great times.
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I'm always a bit suspicious of writers who have the gift of the gab.
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The beauty comes with the balance. Everyone should find his own balance in his personal as well as his professional life. Once you do so, you will feel and look beautiful.
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I started dressing vintage when I was a teenager because I didn't have money for designer clothes.
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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There is a real danger of unintended consequences, of encouraging people to give up. Pessimism, if it becomes a habit, can reinforce a narrative of unstoppable decline. If there is nothing we can do, that releases us from our obligations.
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If you're living in a dystopia, you don't necessarily want to look at another one.
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Book-jacket design may become a lost art, like album-cover design, without which late-20th-century iconography would have been pauperized.
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The repose of darkness is deeper on the water than on the land.
