Victor Hugo Quotes

The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.

Victor Hugo

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• I have a rebellious teenage thing. If my mom says I can't do it, I'm gonna do it. But I'm pretty good. That's why it was fun to play Sam in 'The Bling Ring.' I got to be someone crazy and wild to the extreme, then go home and relax and get rid of the burden.

  

  Taissa Farmiga
  • Good
  • Why
  • Home

• Son, give 'em a good show, and always travel first class.

  

  Walter Huston
  • Good
  • Travel
  • Son

• I've discovered that I value simplicity above all in dressing. I don't like anything I wear to be too complicated or fussy.

  

  Ziyi Zhang
  • Like
  • Value
  • Simplicity

• There's obviously a group who enjoys what Tyler Perry is putting out there. And why fault them? And there's a group that loves the things that Spike does. So they should enjoy that, too. Is it my taste? Maybe not, but I'm not going to fault anybody for doing what they're doing as long as people are showing up.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • People
  • Up
  • Long

• I got to do a lot of good things at a young age. I really kind of knocked out my bucket list when I was really young.

  

  T. J. Perkins
  • Good
  • Age
  • Good Things

• Bullies always have another target.

  

  Karen Handel
  • Always
  • Another
  • Target

• Most fears are basic: fear of the dark, fear of going down in the basement, fear of weird sounds, fear that somebody is waiting for you in your closet. Those kinds of things stay with you no matter what age.

  

  R. L. Stine
  • Age
  • Fear
  • Dark

• A girl can tell I like her when I blush or start telling bad jokes.

  

  Zac Efron
  • Bad
  • Girl
  • Start

• Growth doesn't hurt. This is what I've learned. In the end, it doesn't hurt. It hurts while it's happening. But in the end, you know, for life, for parenting, and for the arts, it's not a bad - not a bad thing to try for.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Life
  • Bad
  • Hurt

• My mother was adorable, a great giggler. My father was very strong and could be quite frightening.

  

  Zoe Wanamaker
  • Great
  • Mother
  • Father

• When I left my home to become an actress, my father didn't give me a single penny. I struggled a lot, and they had no idea what I went through. My grandfather even asked me to drop my surname when he learnt I was joining films.

  

  Kangana Ranaut
  • Home
  • Father
  • Single

• Appearance is something you should definitely consider when you're going out. Have your girlfriend clip your nails or something like that.

  

  Usher
  • You
  • Girlfriend
  • Dating

• I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

  

  Isaac Bashevis Singer
  • Health
  • Environmental

• We shifted our philosophy from being a computer mapping group that would support planners to the idea of building actual software that would be well engineered. Because at that time, our software was not well-engineered at all; it was basically built with project funding and for project work, largely by ourselves.

  

  Jack Dangermond
  • Time
  • Work
  • Support

• There is no such thing as absolute proof. There is only evidence.

  

  G. Edward Griffin
  • Thing
  • Evidence
  • Only

• I think I matured quite early, but what that does mean is I have moments of complete immaturity. When I come home, I don't want to be an actor. I just want to be a kid. I barely even know what money is.

  

  Dakota Blue Richards
  • Money
  • Home
  • Moments

• I like those stories that capture the brutality of life, but there's still some kind of melancholy romance.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Life
  • Kind
  • Capture

• Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.

  

  Gary Ross
  • Great
  • Children
  • Why

• I'm open to everything. Take me anywhere, show me everything.

  

  Clemantine Wamariya

• There were times in my career I went a little further than I wanted because of expectations. Doing certain things onstage when children were in the audience, wearing certain clothes, singing certain lyrics.

  

  Cheryl James
  • Children
  • Career
  • Singing

• I play to see what I can accomplish. I don't play for fun. I play to see how good I can be.

  

  Zack Greinke
  • Good
  • Fun
  • I Can

• If I'm in a room with 100 people, will I be able to find one person I'd like to have dinner with? Probably not.

  

  Bryant Gumbel
  • People

• During the year, our schools are busy slashing P.E. and recess to make more time for math. During the summer, we get ourselves worked into a tizzy that our children will forget their fractions.

  

  Darell Hammond
  • Time
  • Children
  • Summer

• The mother...swinging the children by pulling on a length of string, while at the same time she kept and eye on them with that protective watchfulness, half animal, half angelic, which is the quality of motherhood.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • Children
  • Mother
  • Animal