Jean Giraudoux Quotes
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I'm not sure if being known opened or closed doors for me.
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Be it a village or a city, education is very important, and it always comes into you.
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I buried Joel on our 48th anniversary. I had been with her since I was 16.
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I will say this: I think 'Big Brother' is the biggest snooze known to mankind.
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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.
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You start thinking about a character in a new book, of course you're going to think pretty soon, 'Well, what's their secret? What is their problem?' Maybe, 'What is their secret?' is another way of saying, 'What is their problem?' There's got to be some issue, or you've got a totally boring book!
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I can still put down some pretty nasty stuff on paper, which is what I enjoy doing.
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When you expect things to happen - strangely enough - they do happen.
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Pay attention to science and not myths: We think liars won't look you in the eyes, but it turns out an honest person will only look you in the eyes about 60 percent of the time.
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I can think of nothing that an audience won't understand. The only problem is to interest them; once they are interested, they understand anything in the world.
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Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.
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My uniform is sweatpants, so crusted over with dried paint that they're as hard as a table. I wear T-shirts that are also covered in paint, and Crocs.
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I think newspapers will survive in some form or another.
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Lack of romance is my real objection to writing on a computer.
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My senior thesis was a documentary. By the time I graduated from college, I thought I was going to make films, and my interest in acting was there but kind of confused.
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One of the marvelous blessings of the Book of Mormon is that it contains, in clarity, revelations reserved to come forth in this dispensation of time. Much of the knowledge that we have relating to the principle of moral agency is found in these modern revelations.
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Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.
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The films that I do are deep, introspective, brooding roles that you're in this heavy headspace all the time.
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When we get on stage, naturally, you just get out there and work it as hard as you humanly possibly can do it.
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Fred Stuckey, 'Eric Clapton Interview,' Guitar Player 4 (June 1970) p. 47. guitarplayer.com
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Hills are speedwork in disguise.
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Much of our waking experience is but a dream in the daylight.
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Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?
