Victor Hugo Quotes
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Containment, as everyone will recall, was a rough plan for stopping the Communists any time they crossed a certain line dividing our half of the world from theirs.
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I am always locked in my design studio.
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I don't know what the instinct is, to save every report card, every half-sentence scribbled note, but my mother did it pretty effectively, and I've done it to a fare-thee-well.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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Actors are just soldiers who follow commands.
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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The longer you're on a show like 'SNL,' the less frequent the Google alerts become.
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The whole idea is whatever you do, have fun with it; try to make sure that it's quality and something you don't mind putting your name on.
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By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire.
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When we began Qualcomm, it had become quite clear that it was very important to patent new ideas.
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The moment I moved to New York City to study fashion, I met and became friends with people not only involved in fashion but in all the arts. It's quite fluid with so many types of artists, designers, and musicians who know each other through collaborations or friends of friends.
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I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.
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I am here to accept responsibility for that which I did. I will not accept responsibility for that which I did not do.
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My family are observant Muslims, but I've come to the faith through an intellectual conviction, and that's something that they've taught me. It's never been forced upon me. They've given me a very strong identity as an Australian Muslim.
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The key to making a good forecast is not in limiting yourself to quantitative information.
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Gold medals are made out of sweat, blood and tears and effort in the gym every day.
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When you have one billion dollars, that's not your money. That's the trust the society gives to you.
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He who wants to do good knocks at the gate; he who loves finds the gate open.
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The actions taken by central banks and other authorities to stabilize a panic in the short run can work against stability in the long run if investors and firms infer from those actions that they will never bear the full consequences of excessive risk-taking.
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I'm just very fortunate that I'm alive. I look every day and see my hand and say, 'Thank you, Lord.'
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When I was a kid, we'd go to the movies, and my parents would reach out to everyone around us in the theater, most of whom could barely afford the movie ticket. They'd hand out popcorn and Milk Duds, strike up conversations with them, lend shoulders to cry on, learn their names, and smile at everyone.
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There are moments, above all on June evenings, when the lakes that hold our moons are sucked into the earth, and nothing is left but wine and the touch of a hand.
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Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate. The world doesn’t need any more gray. On the other hand, we can’t get enough color. Mediocrity is nobody’s goal and perfection shouldn’t be either. We’ll never be perfect. But remember these three P’s: Passion + Persistence = Possibility.
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The hand which moves over the dial moves also among souls.
