Charlotte Gainsbourg Quotes
Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.
Quotes to Explore
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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No one ought to be under any illusion that Cheney privately thinks himself a failure.
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If I had a gun to my head and I had to choose between theater and film I'd choose theater.
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A lot of children remember seeing cartoons, 'Pinocchio' or 'Bambi' or something that breaks their heart. I remember seeing 'The Blue Angel' and it breaking my heart. It was the first time I realised there was an adult world - that adults could damage each other or destroy each other emotionally.
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I think the sidekick makes the number one look good.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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The best a health care system can do is to equip itself to meet the needs of each individual woman and birth. Those needs run the gamut from undisturbed home birth to planned cesarean section.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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Strictly speaking, the idea of a scientific poem is probably as nonsensical as that of a poetic science.
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While we look to the dramatist to give romance to realism, we ask of the actor to give realism to romance.
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There's always going to be someone with a bigger toy than yours.
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It's not healthy to be jealous.
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Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.
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I'm a fan of very, very expensive creams: Creme de la Mer, La Prairie Skin Caviar Luxe. I'm a huge fan. They work.
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People still think of me as a cartoonist, but the only thing I lift a pen or pencil for these days is to sign a contract, a check, or an autograph.
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Freedom - an occupied space which must be reoccupied every day.
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William James used to preach the 'will-to-believe.' For my part, I should wish to preach the 'will-to-doubt.' None of our beliefs are quite true; all at least have a penumbra of vagueness and error. What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.
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There's very little reason in politics these days.
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Everyone gets the feeling that they know you and they know your life, and I felt really embarrassed by that.
