Jacques Yves Cousteau Quotes
Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
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When I was 11, I realised that I did not have to live the life my mother had: school, marriage, children, apartment, summer house.
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I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.
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I like to do the splits onstage.
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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I was a cleaner while at university. The job wasn't bad, but I was amazed by how badly cleaners are treated - how disrespected they are by the people they work for.
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I have to remember that winning an Oscar is an almost unbelievable goal and that it is an honour just to be nominated.
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Being in the public eye, you can't really avoid a lot of questions. A lot of questions are being thrown at you, whether it's about your personal life or your personal beliefs, and I'm happy to answer them all.
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Adopting the right attitude can convert a negative stress into a positive one.
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The day the producers aren't minting money, or the fans are done with me and, most of all, I as a person get bored of acting, I will stop and pursue my other interests. There is a lot to do: painting, writing, direction.
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New Zealanders have conventions and pleasantries, but we are direct. We are encouraged to be transparent with our behavior and not to employ passive aggression.
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It's great to design a beautiful, modern, sleek home like you'd see in a magazine. But if it doesn't suit your lifestyle, it's really wasted.
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You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.
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There's a lot of risk in putting what you suspect you really are into your music.
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I get nervous before everything - dates, filming, award shows. I just don't want to say something stupid. But as soon as I step out on that stage, or as soon as I show up to a date, it all goes away, and I just have a great time with whoever I'm with.
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Maurice was a silly man. Maurice liked being silly.
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Maui reminded me of San Diego: beautiful, but crowded.
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
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I don't think about my previous success. I'm happy that the work I've done has been very successful.
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He could have made it right with the book. But he hasn't. He is a revisionist of history. He has lied.
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There is one sound way a man can bind a woman to him, the same way she will bind him, and with the same rope.
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My entire life, I've always known that I wanted to be a performer, but I didn't know exactly how, where or when. I never learned or studied the craft, formally. I grew up doing martial arts and playing piano. But, something inside of me always said that I was going to do this, as far back as I can remember.
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I voted no on the resolution to give the president authority to go to war against Iraq. I was able to apply caveat emptor. Most of my colleagues could not.
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Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history.
