Jane Birkin Quotes
I think there is an extreme charm in the French, and actually it's their bolshiness that makes them such fun.
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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First of all, I'm so glad that the city of Houston has a football team again. They have such great fans. I'm really happy for the people of Houston because they deserve a football team.
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I like to take walks in the park by myself, where no one can bother me and I can think.
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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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The Canadian franchises and Canada as a market for NHL hockey has always been a priority for us.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.
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I want to be in the small percentage of women who don't settle for conventional roles.
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I'm into the whole American and New York vibe, not just because that's what's going on around me but because of the fit. A lot of guys are into the European cut, but I can't really pull that off with my body type - I'm tall and have big legs.
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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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Quirky is what a guy would call a girl he doesn't understand.
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I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.
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I've always had an addictive nature.
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It seems to me that one of the things that happened with a lot of literary fiction in the 1980s and 1990s was that it became very concerned with the academy and less with how people live their lives. We got to a point where the crime novel stepped into the breach. It was also a time when the crime novel stopped being so metropolitan.
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We need to do things better, but in a way that makes sense.
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Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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Photography is not about the thing photographed. It is about how that thing looks photographed.
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It's so much fun playing Ling, but I have this fear that people are going to run away from me in terror on the streets. They think I'm going to bite their heads off or something.
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When I'm in the gym, I'm in the gym, and that is my focus. But when I'm not in the gym, I'm enjoying being a mom and taking care of those responsibilities .. They really do provide me with the balance that I need to be a more complete athlete.
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So, yeah, I think it had a major effect. I think in franchising younger people, it was just an idea that's never been trotted out before, but it makes perfectly good sense.
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I think there is an extreme charm in the French, and actually it's their bolshiness that makes them such fun.
