Chris Marker Quotes
When men die, they enter history. When statues die, they enter art. This botany of death is what we call culture.
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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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I simply adore getting dressed up for a special occasion. I feel incredible stepping out in luxurious fabrics and a bit of bling. That's also how I feel about special-occasion dining rooms. Because these aren't everyday spaces, they contain all sorts of drama for that once-in-a-while 'wow' event.
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I play on the left hand side, and I try to do the best I can.
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My instinct about a human being is paramount. For me, when a director has walked into my room or an assistant that I have hired, who has later gone on to become a director, is purely based on human instinct, be it Ayan Mukerji, Karan Malhotra, Punit Malhotra or Tarun Mansukhani. I am very susceptible to human energy and energy of spaces.
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I've always been an actor, a lowly actor without power, so I've never been corrupted. I've never even directed.
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In general, while Trump has been a master of Twitter, he has shown an aversion to, and ignorance of, technology itself.
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If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
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Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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Everybody wants to defeat the defending champs.
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It's like that Simpsons joke - they're filming a cow in a movie and they go, 'OK, we'll tape a bunch of cats together to make a cow', and it's like, 'Why don't you just use a cow?'. For some reason that is novel - like, 'Oh, my guitar sounds like a piano and now if I can just get my piano to sound like my guitar'.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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I don't do office work at home.
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TV news has largely given Trump editorial control.
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The Enron scandal is worthy of the highest level of scrutiny, both because of the enormity of the crimes that may have been committed and because of what the largest bankruptcy in American history has already begun to reveal about the weaknesses in our nation's corporate structures and regulatory oversight.
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Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well.
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I remember in high school thinking that I wanted to be a lawyer, and now I realize I saw that movie 'And Justice for All' when I was a kid and thought, 'That's what lawyers do, and I want to get up and yell and scream in the middle of a courtroom.'
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Seeing people get messed up never gets un-funny! And there's plenty of ways to do that.
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I'm over the moon to be involved in the 'Doctor Who' Christmas special. I can't quite believe it as it's a part of the family tradition at the Jenkins household. I heard the news that I got the role on my 30th birthday and it was the best birthday present ever.
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Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.
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From now on there is no longer any development immanent to art. The times have passed for history of art with a logical sense. There is no longer even any consistency in absurdities; the development has been wound up, and what comes now already exists: the syncretism of a muddle of all styles and possibilities, post-history.
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The wit of men compared to that of women is like rouge compared to the rose.
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war is a man's game ... the killing machine has a gender and it is male.
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When men die, they enter history. When statues die, they enter art. This botany of death is what we call culture.
