Victor Hugo Quotes
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One has to wonder what Donald Trump will say next as he ramps up his anti-Muslim bigotry. Where is there left for him to go? Are we talking internment camps? Are we talking the final solution to the Muslim question? I feel like I'm back in the 1930s.
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I've always liked stories. I'm always reading, ever since I was a kid. I've always been reading and wanting to be in some other world. This is the perfect job for me.
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They think my life is glamourous. It's not true. I obviously get to come in and do radio interviews. That's the glamour. But other than that, I eat and sleep and that's it. Eat, sleep and do shows.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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A friendship can weather most things and thrive in thin soil; but it needs a little mulch of letters and phone calls and small, silly presents every so often - just to save it from drying out completely.
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Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school.
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I always had to genuinely like the actors I worked with and use my enthusiasm and vision to give them confidence to push their creativity and their humor.
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The only time I can't sleep is on a plane, when I am literally keeping it in the air with my brain.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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I grew up in a hippie commune so I have a real hippie part of me.
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Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power.
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I want the news delivered unbiased. I thought that was the whole point with journalism.
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The Canadian spirit is cautious, observant and critical where the American is assertive.
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I have this necklace I always wear. I collect pendants from people I love; my best friends and members of my family have all given me one, and I put them on this chain so no matter where I am they're always with me.
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A lot of people ask me what my mom has taught me about modeling. The truth is the things she teaches me go deeper than what pose to make or what my good side is.
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I'm a darned good listener.
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I worked in rep for six years, then I came to London and to the National Theatre. What's better than that?
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We make two mistakes about the ancient world. One is to assume they were better than us - that, for instance, the ancient Olympics didn't involve money-making. The opposite mistake, and just as common, is to think our Olympics are much more civilised than ancient sporting competitions. Neither is true.
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In the latter half of the last century the impact of the expanding influence of Western culture and economic system brought about in China a severe conflict.
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I have a tendency to become very self-critical.
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Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come.
