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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Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a violation of the Constitution.
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I've been incredibly blessed with good roles the past few years, but none of them compares to the experience of playing Ellsworth on 'Deadwood.' There are times when I've had as much fun or had comparably great material, but as a body of work, playing Ellsworth tops anything else in my lifetime.
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Fashion is supposed to be fun, but killing animals for fashion is definitely not fun.
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Some people might think they're invincible, but I don't.
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I do write by hand. I just think - I don't know, it's a physical thing for me. It's a bodily thing. It literally has to earn its way through my hand.
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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.
