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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If you want your children to improve, let them overhear the nice things you say about them to others.
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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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If you're not going to offend somebody you don't need the First Amendment.
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Jealousy is a scary thing.
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Perseverance is my biggest lesson. When I started to get involved in environmental protection some years ago, my people did not take it seriously and they never considered it important. But today, people look at what I do and they truly recognize those efforts, and eventually they join you as "environmental activists" too!
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In her businesslike way she thought that her life had begun when she was a very young woman and she really did look lovely: you knew it wouldn't last and you packed all you could into it - but men were different. A man like B - like Alfie, too - never got beyond the time when they were boys and, damn them, it kept them young.
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I believe that art elevates humanity. I feel incredibly privileged to be part of that.
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As they who make Good luck a god count all unlucky men.
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A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden.
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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.
