Jean-Paul Belmondo Quotes
I insist on doing all my own film stunts, although they are often worked out in advance by a stunt man who then advises me on the best and safest method of performing it.
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The name of the game is to keep from pushing the accelerator pedal so hard that we speed up the aging process. The average American, however, by living a fast and furious lifestyle, pushes that accelerator too hard and too much.
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In some ways, I had a traditional 'old South' upbringing, meaning that I spent some time in a military school, and acquired an inoculum of the military ethic that is still with me today: honor, duty, loyalty.
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Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
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It's human nature to not say everything that's on your mind at the time you think it. Because we fear saying something that people will laugh at, people will think is dumb. We're afraid of being embarrassed.
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I like the idea that you can paint something outdoors, and anyone can see it. It's open to anyone, and people have to deal with it. In the gallery, it's the same 150 people on the San Francisco art scene. There's a dynamic on the street that's definitely more interesting.
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Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.
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Hollywood has its own way of telling stories. I was just telling stories that I was familiar with. And it's what I want to do in the future: I want to take my audio cinema and put it on the screen.
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Nothing, literally nothing, makes me feel like I'm back to my body more than Pilates.
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I have enormous respect for people who are gifted mechanics.
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My parents were in 'Brigadoon' on Broadway when I was a couple of years old.
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Imagine if Beethoven had a tape recorder. Then you'd know exactly what he meant. Maybe he meant 'Da da da da' instead of 'Boom boom boom boom!' Who knows?
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The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.
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It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.
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I love my fashion, so I gotta have my outfits.
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Forgetfulness of your real nature is true death; remembrance of it is rebirth
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Greek pederasty honored the erotic magnetism of male adolescence in a way that today brings police to the door. Children are more conscious and perverse than parents like to think.
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The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.
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There are guys in the game only because of steroids. They couldn't make it with their natural talent, so they had to enhance themselves. It sucks.
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I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.
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Through money or power you cannot solve all problems. The problem in the human heart must be solved first.
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Every manager dreams of a job like this [the England job] and I will be sure to learn English within one month.
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I insist on doing all my own film stunts, although they are often worked out in advance by a stunt man who then advises me on the best and safest method of performing it.
