Victor Hugo Quotes
It is very fortunate that kings cannot err. Hence their contradictions never perplex us.
Quotes to Explore
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I've always thought Juliette Lewis was great.
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I've been married twice. Most women would rather not be married to a traveling blues singer.
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If I had to choose between betraying my country and betraying my friend, I hope I should have the guts to betray my country.
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The intensity of being in front of all these incredible musicians and tremendous conductors in these elaborate halls can be overwhelming.
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It is true that when you're in the White House alone, it is a lonely place. Big and lonely.
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
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One thing my family has shown me is that having a sense of humor is everything.
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No individual, regardless of where they live or whom they love, should suffer discrimination.
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When you're competing, you don't have the choice of what the weather will be like. It really doesn't affect me. I ran one of my fastest times in the New York Diamond League meeting last year. It was raining pretty hard then.
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Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain.
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The Good Humor man can only be pushed so far.
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The world is a better place with Saddam Hussein gone.
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What has philosophy got to do with measuring anything? It's the mathematicians you have to trust, and they measure the skies like we measure a field.
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When a person is haughty, he distances himself from other people and thereby deprives himself of one of life’s biggest pleasures-open, joyful communication with everyone.
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My hope is that 'Blk Girl Soldier' is a freedom song for black women today who are fighting the macro- and microaggressions of daily life in our city/country/world.
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The Widelux is a fickle mistress; its viewfinder isn't accurate, and there's no manual focus, so it has an arbitrariness to it, a capricious quality. I like that.
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I think I would fan over Beyonce or Adele. Those are my two girl idols, definitely.
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What's unique about the Mormon Church is that it encourages inquiry. I really do think my research and religion are all on the same page. I never could have come up with the notion of disruptive innovations, which went against a lot of conventional wisdom, if I hadn't been raised to always be asking questions.
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I love Katharine Hepburn. I love Liesl in 'The Sound of Music.' I love Julie Andrews. I love Audrey Hepburn.
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He says every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody: you have to slip around behind if you want to see it.
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Did I play my role well? If so, then applause, because the comedy is finished!
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I was with the former president for over 54 years. I don't regret that; I feel very proud. It was necessary. It is history. Each step where we worked together was a privilege, and in terms of history, that was necessary.
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It is very fortunate that kings cannot err. Hence their contradictions never perplex us.
