Jean Genet Quotes
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I am autobiographical in the way a dream transforms experience and emotions all the time.
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I am a simple Buddhist monk - no more, no less.
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I look for my opportunities, not trying to go outside of my genuine realm, because leadership has to be genuine and authentic.
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But for my faith in God, I should have been a raving maniac.
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You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
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I've always considered myself a Libertarian. While I was running for governor of New Mexico, the Republicans were totally inclusive of me; the party was open-armed, but they never thought I'd win. I delivered in a really big way; I exceeded their expectations and think I'm still highly regarded by the GOP in New Mexico.
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I've had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.
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Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time.
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I never wanted to be a statistic. I never wanted to be that cat who tried and never made it.
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If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
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Exporting oil would not drive up prices at the pump. American drivers buy refined products, which the U.S. already exports. Many studies - from a range of institutions and government agencies, including the Congressional Budget Office and the Energy Information Administration - have shown that lifting the export ban could actually lower gas prices.
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If I was President of the United States, I'd rather be right than interesting. If I was CEO of a company, I'd rather be right than interesting. But I'm a journalist - what journalist would rather be right than interesting?
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I came from a house full of books, so I took reading for granted. I was an outdoorsy little kid, too, so I got the best of both worlds by taking books up trees and reading there.
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If I get to be a legend, I've achieved my goal.
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Every adverse development across the world affects the rest of the world in some way.
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When I heard that Paul Feig was directing an all-female 'Ghostbusters,' I was prepared to do anything to be a part of this, to be a part of what sounded like an incredible project.
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When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone.
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A dress is a piece of ephemeral architecture, designed to enhance the proportions of the female body.
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I'm just happy to be doing what I always wanted to do. Sometimes you have to remind yourself how privileged you are.
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Science is the outcome of being prepared to live without certainty and therefore a mark of maturity. It embraces doubt and loose ends.
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This is not a movie about smelling the urine! It's another kind of movie." Volker Schlöndorff got Billy Wilder to agree to these conversations - you can buy it - because Volker spoke German at times. And he said to Billy Wilder: "What is in your mind?" And he said: "If you're going to try to tell the truth to the audience, you'd better be funny or they'll kill you." And I haven't forgotten that.
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What we need is hatred. From it our ideas are born.
