Jean Giraudoux Quotes
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With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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And you know when I was growing up, I knew I wanted to have kids, but I knew I didn't want to do it alone. Then once I was 41, 42, I had to accept that I probably wouldn't have kids unless I decided to adopt later on, but even then it would be with a partner.
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We have Al Jazeera Arabic news, Al Jazeera English news, of course; we have three sports channels, and we have Al Jazeera Mubasher, which is a live channel that broadcasts live press conferences and symposiums and meetings. And, of course, we have Al Jazeera commentary in Arabic.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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I was always used to being centre stage - something that had its good and bad points.
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When you're a woman with a certain amount of fame and money, you are never certain what someone's motives are.
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The interesting thing about movies, it's not always - y'know, you have to have structure etc and all those things, but an audience responds, in many ways, we walk away and certain things stay in our heads that are memorable.
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I definitely want to come back to Cleveland. The coaches, the team, everything about the situation, it's perfect for me.
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I don't think you should have everybody's information from their bank. There should be some process: accusations and proof that you've committed a crime.
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Workers in decent jobs view the economy as unjust if they or their children have virtually no chance of climbing to a higher rung in the socioeconomic ladder.
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All women and girls have the fundamental right to live free of violence. This right is enshrined in international human rights and humanitarian law. And it lies at the heart of my UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign.
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Being married to a footballer is some girls' dream, but it isn't always like that. I work.
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People often say that 'beauty is in the eye of the beholder,' and I say that the most liberating thing about beauty is realizing that you are the beholder. This empowers us to find beauty in places where others have not dared to look, including inside ourselves.
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I tried for a short time to be something I wasn't, and had no success with it. It's a practical solution to just be yourself.
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When I wrote my first book, 'Koolaids,' I felt rejected and not wanted.
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I think fear is one of the natural states of most actors, to be honest.
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Few people in contemporary art demonstrate much curiosity. The majority spend their days blathering on, rather than trying to work out why one artist is more interesting than another, or why one picture works and another doesn't.
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In politics people build whole reputations off of getting one thing right.
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I grew up in the Fifties, and the majority of people in my class had fathers living at home. I was very aware that I was in the minority. I had a foreign name, and my daddy didn't come and pick me up from school. I felt like an outsider, which probably helped me as an actress.
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It's great playing a mature character. It adds something.
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There are no great people. There are only great topics.
