Victor Hugo Quotes
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My mother passed when I was in the third grade, my father when I was in the seventh, and that's when I was shipped to Los Angeles to live with an aunt.
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I was doing a scene in a medical tent in 18th-century battle dress, pantaloons and a ripped shirt, and the guy from the crew kept asking me if I was OK, if I was too cold. I told him, 'Are you kidding? I'm from Wales!'
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Devotion complete culminates in knowledge supreme.
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'Mama's Family' was kind of like everyone's guilty pleasure.
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I got to say 'Hi' to Dolly Parton, which my mom thought was kind of cool.
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My grandmother's first husband was a spiritualist medium. What fascinates me about that is the balance between conviction and sincerity and trickery, which is also something that novelists are very familiar with.
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It is true that when there's a drone attack, those - that the - the terrorists are killed, it's true. But 500 and 5,000 more people rises against it, and more terrorism occurs, and more - more bomb blasts occurs.
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I don't want to be involved in endless media gossip.
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I like to escape; I like to write when I go on a walk - I'm kind of very fairy that way. I get inspired by the wind. Or when I daydream, that's when I write.
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The cult of the individual is killing us. I think Twitter signals the death of western civilisation, but people have been saying that since Demosthenes.
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When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.
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I have to be careful what I eat before going onstage, to avoid an upset stomach.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance.
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I would do 'John Carter' again tomorrow. I'm very proud of 'John Carter.' Box office doesn't validate me as a person, or as an actor.
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I used to make my own food and ate on my own in my room.
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I think the big thing is to talk about getting people working again and addressing the issues that are keeping small business from being able to grow.
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I don't know how much I believe in redemptive stories, even though people want them and strive for them.
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I grew up in a pretty religious house. My family was Roman Catholic, and I couldn't wait to get away from that. But that doesn't mean I'm not a spiritual person.
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I produced a play in New York that got nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Best American Play.The play is called Stalking The Bogeyman. It was a story on This American Life, and my former roommate is the artistic director of the New York Repertory Theater. He heard the NPR show, contacted them, and essentially - shortest synopsis ever, like I'm the Cablevision guide button - it's the true story of a man stalking and plotting to kill the man who raped him when he was seven. It's by a brilliant reporter named David Holthouse.
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I am no friend of present-day Christianity, though its Founder was sublime.
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It is as absurd to argue men, as to torture them, into believing.
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I have personally seen what a devastating medical condition can cost.
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There are no weeds, and no worthless men. There are only bad farmers.
