Victor Hugo Quotes
To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost -that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization -is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.Victor Hugo
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To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
Carlos Ghosn -
And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.
Zach Wamp -
Being flown to the U.S. to meet Sofia Coppola is really exciting. I was freaking out. I'm a little nervous, as I don't want to muck it up I want to do my best.
Olivia DeJonge -
It's been so amazing. I've always struggled with this barrier that I felt like I'd had up until blogging came along. Just one comment from somebody really sparks something in me. It doesn't need to be this huge war between me and the listeners anymore. I really thrive on that.
Imogen Heap -
Nobody has said to men, 'It is OK if you want to be a full-time dad; find a woman who will support you.'
Warren Farrell -
When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.
Park Chan-wook
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Any government that has a sincere desire for reform and progress should understand the benefit of objective and constructive criticism.
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa -
Indie movies got co-opted by the studio system. The studios insisted that only stars could make movies successful.
Parker Posey -
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.
H. L. Mencken -
One of the duties of fortitude is to keep the weak from receiving injury; another, to check the wrong motions of our own souls; a third, both to disregard humiliations, and to do what is right with an even mind. All these clearly ought to be fulfilled by all Christians, and especially by the clergy.
Saint Ambrose -
I really loved living in the White House, but I don't miss it at all.
Barbara Bush -
Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
Quintilian
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No such thing as a man willing to be honest - that would be like a blind man willing to see.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -
Culture is about the mindset of people, and we are very happy to have a strong combined mindset of people.
Uday Kotak -
I was a very shy, overly big, kind of creepy-looking kid.
Nancy Marchand -
You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
Harold Prince -
For me, Melania represents America. We're all reluctantly married to Donald Trump now. She is a vehicle to making fun of him. I can't do a Donald Trump impersonation, but I can impersonate her.
Laura Benanti -
I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity.
Bahman Ghobadi
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The object of the patrol method is not so much saving the Scoutmaster trouble as to give responsibility to the boy.
Baden Powell -
My mind is a chest of drawers. When I wish to deal with a subject, I shut all the drawers but the one in which the subject is to be found. When I am wearied, I shut all the drawers and go to sleep.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
There's a melody in everything. And once you find the melody, then you connect immediately with the heart. Because sometimes English or Spanish, Swahili or any language gets in the way. But nothing penetrates the heart faster than the melody.
Carlos Santana Santana -
I love poetry. It's at the heart of everything I do. Poetry transforms what we call language, and uses language as the stuff to become something else. I get spun around by what happens in words. When that occurs, it inspires images that seem so original to me as an artist, even though I'm following what the poem has offered.
Ashley Bryan -
To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost -that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization -is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.
Victor Hugo