Jane Birkin Quotes
My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.
Jane Birkin
Quotes to Explore
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We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.
Yoko Ono
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
Wendi McLendon-Covey
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
Hans Vestberg
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
Pablo Picasso
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Iraq did not spontaneously opt for disarmament. They did it as part of a ceasefire, so they were forced to do it, otherwise the war might have gone on. So the motivation has been very different.
Hans Blix
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I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
Zhang Zhidong
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Love Comes Quickly is our favourite record ever, and it did really badly.
Chris Lowe
Pet Shop Boys
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It is a frequent vice of radical polemic to assert, and even to believe, that once you have found the lowest motive for an antagonist, you have identified the correct one. - 'Reactionary Prophet', The Atlantic, April 2004
Christopher Hitchens
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L.A. is such a real, active place. My mother was very into the core of the city. She worked in politics, and you have to know your territory. It's an active matrix; we're all parts of it, but people don't often stop to wonder what's going on.
Janet Fitch
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I know I probably should be sad about my mother's cancer... but she still hasn't seen The Last Kiss, you know?
Zach Braff
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A border collie named Orson inspired me to buy a 110-acre farm with four barns and a sheep. That led to a series of books about Bedlam Farm and about dogs, rural life, lambing and herding sheep.
Jon Katz
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My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.
Jane Birkin
