Charlotte Gainsbourg Quotes
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I do freestyle jumping. Been doing since I was eight years old and can't quit. I'm addicted. I've broken many bones, but I ride with confidence. It's my thing - there's no high on earth like it. It's my hobby and I really enjoy it.
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The mistake that straight people made was imposing the monogamous expectation on men. Men were never expected to be monogamous.
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Police are reluctant to label a murder as a possible serial homicide.
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I get bored pretty easily and I don't want to get locked down in one profession.
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Elves live in harmony with the world, and I try to do that.
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Yes, I'm proud to be indigenous. I'm half-Quechua-Huachipaeri from Peru.
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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.
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When I put magic into a book - whether it's a wizard or a crusty old werewolf - I'm asking a reader to swallow a huge leap that is counter to everything he or she knows. An extra big helping of reality makes that leap go down a lot easier.
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Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
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If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
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God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
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When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.
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I'm a fan of Bradley Cooper's.
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I have a couture body.
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The kind of artist I would like to be is definitely versatile. I don't like being boxed in or put into a genre, so to speak.
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I was always pretty decent at fast stick work or doing stuff that seems impressive that's not really; I was pretty tasteful and had good ideas musically. But I had a terrible sense of tempo, which is like being a blind painter. The conductor would just rip into me, and it lasted for years.
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Education is very important to me.
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I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.
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I am fortunate to have been well paid for an almost pathological honesty.
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I had a lovely experience once in Africa working with the U.N. when a president of a country met me about refugee issues and said ‘What do you do?’ I said ‘I‘m an actor.’ He replied ‘I heard that was a very difficult job and might not be the smartest job to do.’ It was lovely.
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So for me, being here, it's OU-Texas, ... It's two good teams that have won national championships. They have a great and strong tradition. And they have traditionally been nationally ranked.
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I was taking my first uncertain steps towards writing for children when my own were young. Reading aloud to them taught me a great deal when I had a great deal to learn. It taught me elementary things about rhythm and pace, the necessary musicality of text.
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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.
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I was putting all those pressures on myself.
