Jean Genet Quotes
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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I'd be far too self-conscious and insecure if I suspected my editor might be a better novelist than I.
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I have two doctors, my left leg and my right.
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It's funny - I read that women look to chiseled-faced guys for one-night stands, and to round-faced guys for marriage. When I'm rounder in the face, I like to say, 'This is my long-term look.' Or 'This is my wife-and-kids look right here.'
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I mean, I'm an actor. I do what comes along.
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But you will understand by yourselves that the matter applies equally well to the organization of the officials of justice, of administrative officials, etc; these are likewise organized instruments of power in certain societies.
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What I learned from boxing and what everyone can take in real life is to follow directions, follow order. Don't give nobody a hard time.
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Death and I are head to head in a total collision, pure and mutual distaste.
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The future is now.
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I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues.
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I am not quite a poet but I am something of the kind.
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My parents' marriage was very rocky. They were always arguing. When they split up when I was in my 20s, my brother and I were both delighted because we knew they weren't good for each other.
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Acting is such a huge part of my life. It really allows me to have a creative outlet and to actually be able to have an outlet to discuss openly the things that truly I think are relevant in the world, that make a difference.
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I think that every project offers an opportunity to reinvent process as well as content.
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I miss animation very passionately. Not continuously, but every once in a while I would die to do another film.
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We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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Yeah, I just don't break. I don't. And there's only one person I know who's a better non-breaker than me, and that's Will Forte from 'SNL.' You can not make that guy break. I'll break eventually - Will Forte will never break.
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With directors, some have a kind of in-built ability to just know how to work with actors and get the best out of actors, and some don't have a clue about acting. I think it'd be a good idea if directors put themselves in front of the camera, or even went on a six-week drama course, just to know a little bit about what that feels like.
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t's all these young country bucks doing Skynyrd songs, which is pretty cool to us.
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I think of music as creating a space. I like to put things in that are comforting to me and are nostalgic. To me, that's what sampling does in songs; it's making deeper layers for people who know where it comes from, but also referencing another part of my history and my memory or a memory that I have.
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I used to be a daredevil on BMX bikes.
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There is something in sickness that breaks down the pride of manhood.
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The Day the Palestinians become institutionalized, I will no longer be on their side.
