Jean Anouilh Quotes
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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know.
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In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
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When you fall in love, you become weak.
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I'm the kind of guy who grew up listening to Three Dog Night and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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One can not impede scientific progress.
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With the coaches, you don't want to hear everybody saying, 'Move over! Back up! Do this!' Let's find out what the players know.
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With every film, I try and give the audiences a little more than the previous film in terms of comedy, action, drama and so on.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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My father was interested in bringing reggae music to the entire world.
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There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.
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I love going to theatres and seeing honest little indie films I know nothing about... being surprised by a beautiful film I had no expectations about but just got lost in. I'd like to do more well-written indies. I don't know exactly what my dream role will be yet, but it's somewhere within that realm.
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Thirty years ago dinner theatre used to be much more of a going concern than it is now.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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The lamp burns bright when wick and oil are clean.
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I didn't realise how much I ate Mexican food, like tacos and burritos three times a week, until I came to Europe and couldn't find any.
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In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
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I'd love to do something at Marvel, but I don't think I would do a seven-movie deal. That's a bit too much for me.
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It looks like a miniature hippopotamus with badly-fitting panty hose all over.
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We need a strong farm bill that gives assistance to farmers during times of drought, creates markets for local goods, protects our environment, and helps struggling families bridge the gap between hard times and a full dinner table.
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I won't talk or deal with a young writer unless I sense he has utterly given his life over to it. It's a waste of my time. If they don't feel 'called' - why in God's name would you do this?
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God knows His own. It is well that He does, for sometimes it would be difficult for us to determine who are His!
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Beauty is one of the rare things which does not lead to doubt of God.
