Victor Hugo Quotes
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On the whole, it is the rights and freedoms of all citizens that are crucial in Saudi Arabia and from those the rights of women will emanate.
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If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of a poetic nature, do not forget that actions speak louder than words.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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I've found that entrepreneurial success usually comes through great execution, simply by doing a superior job of doing the blocking and tackling.
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No matter how far a person can go the horizon is still way beyond you.
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Of all the haunting moments of motherhood, few rank with hearing your own words come out of your daughter's mouth.
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I'm a holy man minus the holiness.
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I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.
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I've always written about heroes and wondered who they are.
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I'm just interested in having a handle on my environment.
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I find women as writers and as characters are operating within narrow confines. They inherit a kind of ghetto of the soul. I'm trying to enlarge the spectrum.
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Win or lose, I always like to get back to my friends and family. They keep me grounded. When I'm home with my friends, I'm always the same Gabriel. I'm no better or worse in their eyes because of my results. It's good to be with your true friends. It always reminds me of where I'm from and who I am.
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I spent a lot of time at my grandparents in the school holidays, and the only books in the house were a copy of the Bible and Agatha Christie's 'Murder at the Vicarage.' I developed a taste for murder mysteries and then later discovered libraries, second-hand bookshops, and jumble sales.
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Women need to know that not all guys are going to hurt them the way that the guy did before they started dating me. I know guys I wouldn't go out with.
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Music should be judged on what you hear, not what you think you might hear.
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I've always wanted to play 'Lady Macbeth' and Strindberg's 'Miss Julie'.
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Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.
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In high school I was president of the Student Council, and I ended up doing a lot of speeches. After you do a few in front of different schools, you get really comfortable talking in front of an audience.
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Having loved the Stones all the time I was growing up, I wasn't about to see them go and split up. It got very close to it in the 80s, when Mick thought that Keith hated him and vice versa.
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I don't mind what the critics say, so long as I get some reaction. The worst thing is to be ignored.
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Nothing is more important to me, and nothing was more important to our founding fathers, than freedom of religion.
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I was incredibly self-conscious about the way I looked.
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I'm just angry at the sort of things that are winding up in ground beef. I'm angry that other people - mainly children - are going to be sickened by eating a hamburger.
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I will be Chateaubriand or nothing.
