Victor Hugo Quotes
That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.
Quotes to Explore
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The cultural decoding that many American writers require has become an even harder task in the age of globalisation. The experience they describe has grown more private; its essential background, the busy larger world, has receded.
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I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
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I have no ties to my dad. I had no communications with him; it didn't shape who I am or anything like that. I'm actually a product of my mom.
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Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science.
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I don't like cooking just for myself; I enjoy feeding other people, particularly outdoors.
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During my teenage years as an Islamist recruiter, I moved to live in self-contained communities in the London boroughs of Newham and Tower Hamlets.
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What really matters is who you are when you step on the field, and I will let my bat and my glove speak for themselves.
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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.
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To tell her that I joined the parachute club was too hard for me. I didn't want to trouble her; besides, I was not completely sure about the success of my new adventure.
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Dancers, many dancers today can do so much technically. You can give them steps that are complicated, then more complicated, pyrotechnical - and they can execute these steps to perfection. But to do simple steps with a pure classical line, that is truly difficult.
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It's fun to present stories that have a character that, really, everybody wants to be.
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I was one of those annoying kids that loves singing and entertaining.
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Political elites look increasingly interchangeable: Blair, Brown, and Cameron have all tried to provide cover for the surrender of sovereignty to foreign investors with invocations of 'British' values, and, more opportunistically, anti-immigrant rhetoric.
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Then there's Johnny Pesky, hit me countless number of ground balls and improved my fielding so much.
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Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world.
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I think a good rapport is required between actors for any film.
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Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.
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Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful.
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It's a very different thing, religion and faith. Religion is man-made, it's man-regulated. And faith, you can define God as you wish. But I think they're two different things.
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If any ask me what a free Government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so, - and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.
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Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.
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But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.
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What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so, you may change the culture and just possibly, for a moment, change life itself.
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That men saw his mask, but the bishop saw his face. That men saw his life, but the bishop saw his conscience.
