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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Typically my ideas come to me in the most inane ways possible. I had the initial idea for 'Quantum Conundrum' while I was walking down the street to get breakfast. People are like, 'Whoa, what's your inspiration, is it something amazing?' No, I was just really hungry.
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Before the war, my parents were very proud people. They'd always talk about Japan and also about the samurai and things like that. Right after Pearl Harbor, they were just real quiet. They kept to themselves; they were afraid to talk about what could happen. I assume they knew that nothing good would come out of it.
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I never ever, ever say anything against my husband to anyone except my husband. Everyone gets in fights, and I think the natural propensity for women is, 'Oh I want to talk to someone.' But the minute you take what bothers you outside the bond between you and your husband, you let someone else into the relationship and that causes a wedge.
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You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.
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We make music for escapism. It's like Star Warsfor the ears. Cult movies are really cool, but I'd rather go see a Steven Spielberg movie.
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I was putting all those pressures on myself.
