Paul Valery Quotes
That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
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I think women are really self-analytical in a way that men aren't.
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I grew up on comics and cartoons. So, as an adult, I like comics and cartoons.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.
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Eclecticism - every truth is so true that any truth must be false.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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Now I want to make it plain that 'The Virgin Spring' must be regarded as an aberration. It's touristic, a lousy imitation of Kurosawa.
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My normal life is like being on holiday.
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I want to end up like Judi Dench. I want to have nice consistent work, doing lovely things, no matter how big or small they might be. I'd like to turn into a wise old thing.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.
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Rich countries have been sending aid to poor countries for the last 60 years. And, by and large, this has failed.
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When the government takes more money out of the pockets of middle class Americans, entrepreneurs, and businesses, it lessens the available cash flow for people to spend on goods and services, less money to start businesses, and less money for businesses to expand - i.e. creating new jobs and hiring people.
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I'm one of those actors who likes to do it wrong nine ways before I come to the tenth way, which is the way I think it should be.
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I love the American dream. I feel this is the place I was supposed to be in. It's beautiful. I love it.
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If I was sad or afraid, I would sit in a corner and sing. If I was happy I would jump into the middle of the room and sing. It was how I expressed my emotions.
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'The Pushcart War' is presented as a history of a conflict that has not yet taken place; in each edition of the book, the date on which the hostilities commenced is nudged forward.
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When you work on a movie, you just have no idea how it's going to come out; you hope it's good, but you don't really know, and you don't see it until about six or nine months afterward, and I saw it and was pretty pleased.
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I change my thoughts, I change my world.
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The only thing in life that really gives me any peace is just being lost in the process of creating something, whether it's the film or painting and drawing, which has been a big part of my life, for a long time.
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There's so many great coming-of-age movies to steal from, and I feel like I just tried to steal from them all equally.
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The heart that feels music will feel people
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Leo Tolstoy said the purpose of art is to teach you to love life. And that's what I want.
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That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.
