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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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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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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The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity.
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Given the profits he and Pharaoh must have made, one might call Joseph the first international arbitrageur.
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Necessity is the theme and the inventress, the eternal curb and law of nature.
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It's a fight to get anyone other than your mom to care about your startup.
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Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money.
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Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace.
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I'm a big believer that life changes as much as you want it to.
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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.
