Victor Hugo Quotes
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I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.
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When I was, like, 16, I went in to the head of Disney, and I hadn't taken acting class really at all, and I didn't know what I was doing, and it was really embarrassing. Of course, you think Disney wants over-the-top and funny, and I was just trying to be over-the-top and funny, and it just wasn't working, and that was the worst.
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A painting probably is the most shocking increase in value, from what it costs to make to what you sell it for.
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If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it.
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I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
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Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.
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I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.
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A great burden was lifted from my shoulders the day I realized that no one owes me anything.
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GaGa is one of my favourites. Her voice is incredible and she's fearless and she's ahead of the game. She's ahead of the entire game, and I admire that.
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If you are nice, and keep your promise, we will be in paradise.
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I actually don't invest in anything that is social, mobile, deals or ad networks simply because those are areas where there are so many players and so many other smart people in the space, I feel like I don't have a competitive advantage. So I tend to go after things that are e-commerce, like healthcare.
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I think the 19th century is an extraordinary period with a welling up of creativity and all kinds of experimentation and exploration going on at least until 1940.
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Well I'm not a novelist. I've only written one book and that is a memoir.
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How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself.
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He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still.
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As an actor, you arrive most of the time at the last minute. You arrive at the end of the process, but you don't realize it.
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Everybody always thinks the grass is always greener.
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After the 1960s and '70s, there were real doubts about whether a mortal man could handle the country's highest office. It had destroyed Johnson, corrupted Nixon, and overwhelmed Ford and Carter.
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My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
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It is a callous age; we have seen so many marvels that we are ashamed to marvel more; the seven wonders of the world have become seven thousand wonders.
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Horseracing and ranch horses are two different animals. You're getting race horses out and running and running them. It can be really problematic. A thoroughbred's very delicate.
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I despise him for himself, and hate him for the memories he revives!
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Oh Lord! Open the doors of night for me So that I may leave this place and disappear.
