Victor Hugo Quotes
Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind; distress is the nurse of self-respect; misfortune is a good breast for great souls.
Quotes to Explore
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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Yeah, good to be here. I haven't been here in two years...no applause...thanks. It's that warmth I've missed in Austin. Adding extra Southern drawl So, we been here, ain't our fault you gotta travel around, shit. We supposed to follow you around? You supposed to be back here. What are you doin', where are you?
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From time to time ponder whether you are unconsciously saying: 'Truth is what I happen to be thinking at this moment.
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Sometimes I even say that I have surpassed Lasker in using psychology. How? Well, sometimes I use psychology with a portion of risk. That is something else, something that Lasker wouldn't allow.
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There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.
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I have not the particular shining bauble or feather in my cap for crowds to gaze at or kneel to, but I have power and resolution for foes to tremble at.
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It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than an act of his own.' It is quite true. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their life is a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
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I do not know what I thought Paris would be like, but it was not that way. It rained nearly every day.
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Try to walk as much as you can, and keep your love for nature, for that is the true way to learn to understand art more and more. Painters understand nature and love her and teach us to see her. If one really loves nature, one can find beauty everywhere.
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I may not be able to define pornography but I know it when I see it.
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A hundred suspicions don't make a proof.
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With world health, every life you save is a wonderful thing, so it's not this question of whether you solve it or you don't. The chance of completely solving the problems has long odds. But really, the thing is that you get to save the first child, the second child, the third child. You can just feel good about that.
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I learned hard lessons, and I've taken that lesson and it's helped me become a better business person and a better leader.
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I can bake. I made myself some nice French fries once. But otherwise I just eat out. Lots of salad bars.
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I went to Paris when I was about 18 and then went to Miami and New York. I did all of that alone. I did it to myself.
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Strong and rare natures are thus created; misery, almost always a stepmother, is sometimes a mother; privation gives birth to power of soul and mind; distress is the nurse of self-respect; misfortune is a good breast for great souls.
