Victor Hugo Quotes
Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
Quotes to Explore
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In order to acquire a growing and lasting respect in society, it is a good thing, if you possess great talent, to give, early in your youth, a very hard kick to the right shin of the society that you love. After that, be a snob.
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The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Our alliances and our credibility are crucial elements of our working capital in advancing America's interests in the world, and they have been eroded over the last four years.
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The future is much like the present, only longer.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.
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Every time I could possibly be doing stand up, I am.
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My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.
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An MC is somebody who can control the crowd. An MC is a master of ceremonies so not only can you say your rap, you can rock the party.
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The way through the world is more difficult to find than the way beyond it.
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The world has changed - through technology, through wine-making techniques, the quality of wine is greater than it's ever been. Whereas ten, fifteen years ago it was very easy to find lots of bad wine, it's kind of hard now. The technology, the science - it's like, are you kidding? We're in the golden years of wine!
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Once I actually get in the studio and I start working, I'm fine, but it's just getting there and these hours of torment with myself and self doubt, thinking 'I'm useless' and 'Who am I, conning myself into thinking I can do it again.'
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I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
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I don't see myself as the king of Bitcoin. I don't want to be the king of Bitcoin.
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Banks are concerned the central bank is imposing too many regulations. If the trend continues, we'll swing to heavy regulation. We need to have balanced regulation to encourage the economy.
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I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
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There's no silver bullet when it comes to helping all children achieve. Great public schools are our best shot.
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From the Old Testament, containing the Atlantean Mystery teaching, we learn that mankind was created male-female, bi-sexual, and that each one was capable of propagating his species without the co-operation of another, as is the case with some plants today.
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I think the culture today is very, very different from what it was in the '60s, and I feel lucky that I grew up at a time when I had these very strong female role models.
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In March 1943, my parents, four-year-old sister and I were interned with other foreign civilians at Lunghua camp, a former teacher training college outside Shanghai, where we remained until the end of August 1945.
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Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure that they think he is growing old.
