Victor Hugo Quotes
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I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar.
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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I am doing what I love; acting is what I love best after being a mother.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.
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I was lucky that I started very young, since I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do. But my father is very conservative, and he never considered fashion to be a real career but something I could pursue as a hobby. He wanted me to be a doctor, and at one point, I thought of becoming a plastic surgeon.
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Basketball paid for four years of my education, and I am so proud of that.
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There should be a minimum on the air pressure but not a maximum. Every game, they're taking air out of the footballs I'm throwing, and I think that's a disadvantage for the way that I like them prepped.
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I realized that equipment really had little to do with why I sound like the way I sound.
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This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States!
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What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.
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Working moms, and increasingly working dads, don't want a government handout, but they do need a hand up.
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I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.
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Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.
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Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed. I am glad to believe that the majority of persons do find their right vocation.
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Every day without fail one should consider himself as dead. There is a saying of the elders that goes, 'Step from under the eaves and you're a dead man. Leave the gate and the enemy is waiting.' This is not a matter of being careful. It is to consider oneself as dead beforehand.
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It was interesting to do a completely fictional piece. You know, Saving Private Ryan was not a fictional piece! So the challenge was: How do you incorporate real emotions? How do you incorporate aspects that people are going to be able to identify with?
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A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man.
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I have never seen anyone burn a flag. And if I did, it would take every ounce of restraint I had not to haul off and hit them.
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Marvin Gaye was a friend of mine, and he used to say, 'Man, I wish I could sing like you - if I could have that growl in my voice.' And I said, 'Man, are you kidding me? I want to sing like you. Everybody wants to sing like you.'
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I love playing women at the far ends of the social scale. I've done it all my life; that's where my ability lies.
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There's an attitude that I have where I bring the art to the table and the writer brings the writing to the table, but neither of us brings the story to the table. The story is something that only happens with the combination of both of us.
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When Music, heavenly maid, was young,While yet in early Greece she sung.
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To divinise is human, to humanise is divine.
