Victor Hugo Quotes
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It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that they do. It's not just because they are evil, but because that's how they somehow explain the world to themselves and justify themselves. It's always interesting figuring out how that happens.
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Each of the bracelets I wear is from a long trip I've taken. One is from Nicaragua. One is from Nepal. One is from Guatemala. One is from Laos. They don't come off. I walk into a lot of very high-level boardrooms now, and I present to distinguished conferences, but these bracelets remind me of the places I've been and the people I've met.
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I have yet to see a drama that puts forward women who are successful and also have a family... they are nearly always seen as victims.
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I think Mr. Wilson will have to be the rest of the way alone.
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I grew up in a little town in Minnesota, 500 people. I went out to Princeton, and I wasn't very well-accepted out there by the fancy folks of Princeton University, I felt. I came away bruised and feeling rejected.
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It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution.
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Suppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
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While I was writing 'Stick Out Your Tongue' in Beijing, the police began knocking on my door again. As soon as I finished the book, I moved to Hong Kong so that I could work undisturbed on my next novel.
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Now there are certain things you have to prepare - like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page doesn't need - for me, I don't need to prepare that.
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Well, the average person comes home from work really tired, and just wants to flip through channels until they land on the thing that's the least objectionable to them. They're not looking for their new favorite TV show because they know that that search will take forever and they'll go to bed unhappy.
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People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person.
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Sword fighting in film is not about how good the fighter is, but how good the actor receiving the blows is.
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Vamps no longer exist. Stars have taken their roles.
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So, it looks like we rebuild the village and blow it apart a few more times.
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The pancreas is by far the most complex organ in the body.
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The road system that we've come to depend on, the road system that we built our wealth on and our power on, is falling apart.
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I was a lousy hitter in May doing the same things that made me a great hitter in June.
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Even when I was rebelling against my father, the point was to follow my own intuition and instinct.
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Ten years after NAFTA, Mexico's leading export to America is still — Mexicans. America is becoming Mexamerica.
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I think I was raised by a really good mother.
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I really detest brunch. I think it's a waste of a good day. Detest is a little too severe, but I would say I'm not a brunch person.
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I've always wanted to win in my hometown.
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I will follow my instincts, be myself for good or ill, and see what will be the upshot. As long as I live, I'll hear waterfalls and birds and winds sing. I'll interpret the rocks, learn the language of flood, storm, and the avalanche. I'll acquaint myself with the glaciers and wild gardens, and get as near the heart of the world as I can.
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Are you afraid of the good you might do?
