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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I have a classic taste with a twist, because classic never goes away.
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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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Quirky is what a guy would call a girl he doesn't understand.
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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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In most daily journalism, you only fact-check something if it seems a little fishy.
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I am a bit of a lefty on some issues.
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We live in a frightened time, and people self-censor all the time and are afraid of going into some subjects because they are worried about violent reactions.
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There shall be no slavery of the mind.
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Each gig is brilliant and fun. When it becomes a routine, we'll take a break. There's no point in doing it if you don't enjoy it.
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When I put that first Vine out, I was just doing it for fun; there was no wanting to become an artist.
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I didn't want to be the archetypal sponging brother-in-law, so I didn't go into acting when I got to the States. I thought, 'No, I'll go to school and then I'll be an English teacher; that'll be fun.' But I was horrible as a teacher. As hard as I tried, I just couldn't inspire those kids to take an interest in Milton and Shakespeare and Donne.
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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.
