Victor Hugo Quotes
Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.
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I don't really look forward to movie stardom or doing a $200-million movie or winning an Academy Award.
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First developed as a weapon by the U.S. Army, VX is an oily, odorless and tasteless liquid that kills on contact with the skin or when inhaled in aerosol form. Like other nerve agents, it is treatable in the first minutes after exposure but otherwise leads swiftly to fatal convulsions and respiratory failure.
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Hockey, honestly, was my first love. The excitement, the fast pace, the intensity of the game... I still love it to this day.
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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When police or security personnel work in schools, they should follow the community policing model that integrates officers into school life, not just involve them when trouble arises.
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Fairy tales opened up a door into my imagination - they don't conform to the reality that's around you as a child. I started reading when I was three and read everything, but I wanted to be an actress.
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I try to keep a low profile.
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I love performing in front of an audience. I like the questions; I like controversy.
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I admit the last couple of years shows were not up to par.
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The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.
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As youngsters, my mother taught her children that while we might not be the smartest people around, we could be courteous, polite and considerate of others.
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I have had a fascination with death, I think, that might be considered genetic for a long time. My father had the same affliction, I guess.
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Better reality than a dream: if something is real, then it's real and you're not to blame.
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Our most noted satirists are true columnists, and their opinions can be worth more than any well-documented expose.
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We all have our own little thing, I think.
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I'm a real simple person. I believe that the Bible means what it says, and says what it means.
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Teaching was my first job after leaving university. It was a challenge, but I enjoyed it. Some of the kids were disruptive, but I could deal with it because I was only 24 at the time, and my own school memories were still fresh.
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Writing a novel is not at all like riding a bike. Writing a novel is like having to redesign a bike, based on laws of physics that you don't understand, in a new universe. So having written one novel does nothing for you when you have to write the second one.
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When church becomes a club, parables become pedestrian.
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Speak of change, and the world is in alarm. And yet where do we not see change?
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I write every day, including weekends. For writers, there are no weekends. It's just that your family is around, looking mournful, wondering when you're going to pay attention to them.
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It's ironic that when you go through a tragedy, you appreciate more. You realize how fragile life is and that there are so many things to still be thankful for.
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It's important that nobody gets mad at you for screwing up. We know screwups are an essential part of making something good.
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Emotion is always new and the word has always served; therein lies the difficulty of expressing emotion.
