Jeanne Calment Quotes
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Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect, change is the way to perfect them.
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Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.
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I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
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Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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There are a lot of female directors in documentary, very talented. But it's always lower budget.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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I know there are some people in British Columbia who are still holding a vigil for '3rd Rock'.
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I don't hit it very far; I don't overpower a golf course, but I think I'm a pretty decent putter. At Augusta National, putting is premium.
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Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
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A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
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Growing up, my dolls were doctors and on secret missions. I had Barbie Goes Rambo.
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There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
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The progression of emancipation of any class usually, if not always, takes place through the efforts of individuals of that class.
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You walk on a set, and you have no idea - that's why I don't storyboard. It's all possible.
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Any film I do needs to excite me at a script level.
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Whom am I going to trust if I have to back again.
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Once you achieve a level of success... you learn, something tells you, 'Man this ain't even for you.' You got to share with the people. You got to inspire the people.
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Being a writer-director can sometimes make you incredibly blinkered.
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Berry Gordy has always been this hazy legendary figure that I've known about in my childhood that was responsible for everything that I found important in the world.
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I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect that anyone and everyone is capable of 'living a lie'. I came to believe that other people - even when you think you know them well - are ultimately unknowable.
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I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.
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The Devil is an Ass! fool'd off! and beaten!
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I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.
