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My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Born: Feb 26, 1802
Died: May 22, 1885

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Aristocratic, Democratic, Tastes, Actions

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It would astonish if not amuse the older citizens to learn that I (a strange, friendless, uneducated, penniless boy, working at ten dollars per month) have been put down as the candidate of pride, wealth, and aristocratic family distinction. Abraham Lincoln
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Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich, or aristocratic, they shuffle around. They're a group phenomenon, they're not very fast, they're quite sickly. So what's the pleasure of being one? Margaret Atwood
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The idea of elegance and aristocratic indulgence of an ocean cruise was born out of the image of the rich men and women who ruled the British Empire slowly sailing to India and the Far East while sipping gin and tonic on deck - served by men in white jackets. Adam Curtis
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Slavery is malignantly aristocratic. Antoinette Brown Blackwell
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We certainly grew up and had opportunities. But it's not like our parents are aristocratic blue bloods. Cameron Winklevoss
Opportunities Parents Our Had Aristocratic Like Up Blue Grew Certainly
I think that, often, actors represent what they're not. You get people who define the aristocracy who are not aristocratic - they're lower-middle class or working class. An awful lot of your so-called angry young actors have grown up in extreme bourgeois comfort. It really is surprisingly common. Colin Firth
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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different. Damien Hirst
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