Eric Cantona Quotes
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I would like all French children to have unlimited opportunities opened up for them as French minister of education.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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The crown of literature is poetry.
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The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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I went to a strict elementary school with nuns, and uniforms that I'm pretty sure were made out of sandpaper. It was an academic, sports-oriented place. I liked to read, and wanted to act, and didn't try out for volleyball. I was weird. The other girls would dip my hair in ink and stuff.
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We must honestly face our relationship with Great Britain.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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The anxiety I feel when I'm late is nothing like the anxiety I feel when I'm on time.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
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When I watch a movie for the first few times I'm usually thinking about where I was in a given scene, who was next to me, what we were doing etc. But after I've gotten through all of this, when I'm really watching the film itself, then I get moved.
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I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.
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Music video played a huge role in developing my sensibility as a director.
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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I know more than anyone the divergent views about my father.
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The oppression of a majority by a minority, and the demoralization inevitably resulting from it, is a phenomenon that has always occupied me and has done so most particularly of late.
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In the world of classical ballet there are only a handful of story ballets, so getting a new one is cause for excitement.
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What the learned world tends to offer is one second-hand scrap of information illustrating ideas derived from another second-hand scrap of information. The second-handedness of the learned world is the secret of its mediocrity.
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Everybody in the world is seeking happiness - and there is one sure way to find it. That is by controlling your thoughts. Happiness doesn't depend on outward conditions. It depends on inner conditions.
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During the shoot, when you're not at work, you're learning lines for the next shoot, and that can be all-consuming.
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We knew that you don't get to be world champions without a struggle.
