Victor Hugo Quotes

Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

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• House was the first film where I had no influence on the script. I had to buy the script with the game rights.

  

  Uwe Boll
  • Game
  • House
  • Film

• For me, it's always been about preparation, and the more prepared I can be each week, the less pressure I feel and the more confident I am. As your confidence grows, it's only natural that the pressure you feel diminishes.

  

  Aaron Rodgers
  • Confidence
  • Preparation

• Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without; for much knowledge is a curse.

  

  Zhuangzi
  • You
  • Knowledge
  • Cherish

• If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • Believe
  • You
  • Mistake

• Before I got into grad school, I used to work as a deck hand on these ferry boats in San Francisco, and they did day tours. It wasn't a bad job. I made decent money. But you were sitting down all day, tying up the boat, wiping it down. For some guys, that's a dream job, but for me it was kind of torture.

  

  Mahershala Ali
  • Up
  • Work
  • School

• Even today, I frequently meet scientists who, outside their own narrow discipline, are superstitious.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Today
  • Discipline
  • Outside

• I find that people in the food world are amazingly willing to talk about what they are doing, even when those things are quasi-legal or taboo.

  

  Dana Goodyear
  • People
  • World
  • Food

• I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

  

  Tea Obreht
  • Me
  • Dark
  • Matter

• With the scale of our traffic, content library and monetization ability, we are confident to see profitable growth in the future.

  

  Victor Koo
  • Future
  • Growth
  • Library

• I think I'm pretty fearless. I like to try things at least once, things that I never thought that I would try.

  

  Odette Annable
  • Think
  • Pretty
  • Thought

• I don't know how to cook and there's so much work involved you have to buy the groceries and prepare them. I like it when people cook for me, or I'll just order some take-out.

  

  Famke Janssen
  • People
  • Work
  • Know

• The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security... and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security.

  

  Warren Rudman
  • Understanding
  • Communication
  • Security

• I don't particularly like L.A.

  

  Walter Becker Steely Dan
  • Like
  • Particularly

• I have a question, a question for the president: Do you hate all rich people, or just rich people who don't contribute to your campaign? Do you hate poor people or do you just hate poor people with jobs?

  

  Rand Paul
  • People
  • Hate
  • Question

• Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Wisdom
  • Goodness
  • Root

• We can make aircrafts that can navigate a maze of hallways.

  

  Vijay Kumar
  • Make
  • Navigate
  • Maze

• Marriage is another trap. If you are someone who likes independence, it's another stamp against that. And you have to swear to fidelity.

  

  Carla Bruni
  • You
  • Marriage
  • Independence

• I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will.

  

  Ferdinand Porsche
  • Time
  • World
  • Same

• I think we spend too much on K-12 education a.k.a. teachers' salaries. It's the only industry where you never see any productivity increases.

  

  Peter Brimelow
  • Education
  • Productivity

• I feel very lucky 'Arrested Development' was so successful because I never really got too much attention, and I was able to evolve instead of only being seen as one character.

  

  Alia Shawkat
  • Character
  • Attention

• There'll always be that prep in me that I can't seem to get rid of.

  

  Chloe Sevigny

• Jamie Foxx. He's been very much a mentor and friend, and we've worked together several times. He's just been such an influence in my career. There's nothing that man can't do, and that's something I would like to reflect in my career.

  

  Bresha Webb
  • Together
  • Career
  • Friend

• Film is the toughest one for me, as there are many fingers in the pot, so it can be disappointing. However, to have your work seen on such a large scale, that's a very exciting prospect.

  

  Liz Tuccillo
  • Work

• Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • She
  • Bird
  • Wings