Denis Lavant Quotes
For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown.
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is ever on the lips of its members, and which, I hope, is in their hearts, as I know and feel it is in mine, and mean it shall be in my conduct.
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Poetry brings all possible experience to the same degree: a degree in the consciousness beyond which the consciousness itself cannot go.
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It is easy to be nice, even to an enemy - from lack of character.
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My maternal grandmother, Penelope, was a very big figure in my life. She was a child of the Raj, born in India, a debutante who hobnobbed with royals, then married a Canadian, Bill Aitken, who became MP for Bury St Edmunds.
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The pace of television is very different from film.
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The horror genre is not my favorite. I think it's fun, there's a great place for it and I get a kick out of it, but some stuff I'm too old for. You can't just take 10 guys and stick them in a cabin and off them one at a time - I'm not vested.
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When I was little, we had a Golden Book that had all these Disney characters in one portrait on the first page. My dad used to read from it every night. We'd play this game of find Pluto or find Donald Duck. He'd read us stories and do all the voices. Those are great memories.
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It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.
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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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You can't live your life through your children.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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What a blessed thing it is, that Nature, when she invented, manufactured, and patented her authors, contrived to make critics out of the chips that were left!
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Yeah, I lost court cases and misdemeanor juries, but of felony jury trials I was successful 105 of 106 times.
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If you look at any normal organization, the CEO is the person with the highest E.Q. The person with the highest IQ is often in the back room running the financials or the operations. That's topsy turvy.
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My home is attached to a study - in fact, my home is my study, and I have a little room to sleep in. I need to write looking onto the street or a landscape. Looking at reality from some distance gives me romantic visions.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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Each member of the band has varied influences, and the same diversity is reflected in our fanbase.
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I'm unemployable in any other capacity.
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I grew up reading a lot of fantasy/sci-fi. It was really all I read - anything from 'Dragonlance,' when I was 12, to 'The Wheel of Time' and Robert Jordan stuff, to George R.R. Martin, who did 'Game of Thrones.'
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Im having an amazing life and it isnt over yet.
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Ocean is more ancient than the mountains, and freighted with the memories and the dreams of Time.
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You look at it as a privilege. So you really decide that you're going to put the time in and work really hard to get to the point where you're ready.
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You just have to connect with people who believe in your vision and who will work with you and advance your cause.
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For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown.
