Chris Marker Quotes
I will have spent my life trying to understand the function of remembering, which is not the opposite of forgetting, but rather its lining. We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. How can one remember thirst?
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There are a lot of things that I have not shared that I will never share. I do have a personal private life.
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You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
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Prior to the Civil War, most libraries were either privately owned or housed in universities or churches.
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My work was entirely nonfiction.
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I'm the type of person, I have to study to get an A on the test.
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The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament, said an eminent scholar, have God for their Author, the Salvation of mankind for their end, and Truth without any mixture of error for their matter.
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China is a country, still, of great contrast. While hundreds of millions of people are part of the middle class and yearn for things made in America - American brands, movies, music - there are other hundreds of millions of people throughout China who are living on the equivalent of one U.S. dollar a day.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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I really love acting, but I also really want to be a historian, so it's really confusing.
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Husbands and wives, first be faithful to each other. Second, keep the romance going all of your life by courting each other every day.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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Small lending institutions lack the capability of their larger counterparts to hire the additional manpower necessary to deal with the hundreds of additional regulations created by Dodd-Frank.
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What surprises me, what amazes me, is that it seems the military people were expecting to stumble on large quantities of gas, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
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There are some people that the press like to pick on and not just the gay press, but the press in general. And some people, the press just doesn't care about at all.
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I arise full of eagerness and energy, knowing well what achievement lies ahead of me.
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My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.
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When you watch 'Ray Donovan,' you think that it's about Hollywood, about scandal, about stars, and about trying to keep secrets. That's true, but that's also just the means by which you reveal secrets of the people suffering every day life.
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The year hasn't started yet and it's already been the best I've ever had.
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I wish every woman would love herself and embrace what she was given naturally.
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In a world filled with hate, prejudice, and protest, I find that I too am filled with hate, prejudice, and protest.
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Nature is a book of many pages and each page tells a fascinating story to him who learns her language. Our fertile valleys and craggy mountains recite an epic poem of geologic conflicts. The starry sky reveal gigantic suns and space and time without end.
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It is not about reading the Word. It is about obeying the Word.
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When I had a record deal in the '90s, that was my dream - to make an album like Barbra Streisand's Broadway album - and they laughed me out of the room. Broadway wasn't cool. But artists like Michael Buble and Josh Groban have brought the classic genre back to the forefront, so I'm trying to find my way inside that market.
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I will have spent my life trying to understand the function of remembering, which is not the opposite of forgetting, but rather its lining. We do not remember. We rewrite memory much as history is rewritten. How can one remember thirst?
