Jeanne Moreau Quotes
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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Nearly all government advice on terrorism sacrifices practical particulars for an unalarming tone. The usual guidance is to maintain a three-day supply of food and water along with a radio, flashlight, batteries and first-aid kit.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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I think talent makes me really attracted to someone more than anything.
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I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.
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There is a humanitarian impulse that one aspires to and there are days when one doesn't do it very well.
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I never thought of Kim Basinger in terms of age. For me she embodies woman with her subtleties and intricacies. She's sensual and intellectually engaging, elegant with a very strong personal style.
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Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.
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You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.
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I'm the eldest at 51, and if the Stones can drag themselves around once more, then there's a few more albums in us.
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I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
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With few exceptions, one ought always do what one is afraid of.
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In my opinion, the vast majority of scripts written - as well as most movies that are released - are not very original, well-written, or interesting. It has always been that way, and I think it always will be.
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I keep setting the bar higher for myself in terms of what I'm trying to accomplish.
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Vatican II was a force that seized the mind of the Roman Catholic Church and carried it across centuries from the 13th to the 20th.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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I was running for mayor of Syracuse - the first woman to run for mayor in our city, or in New York, and one of the first in the United States. I was known for my strong conservation plank. In 1969, the term 'conservation' was hardly on the tip of every citizen's tongue.
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Conservatives have long been suspicious that Romney isn't truly one of them. The release of his tax returns should settle the matter once and for all: He's not only to be accepted, but admired and emulated - and by liberals as well as conservatives.
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The false pride of perennial celebration, of wearing flag lapel pins while betraying the values that the flag stands for, is like the self-esteem curriculum for toddlers, where everything is praised and no achievement ultimately has meaning.
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Not too many people in cocktail parties are aware of Bioprinting and growing organs, or the coming technological singularity; I've seen very little philosophical speculation about how far we can go, how much we could achieve.
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The word that almost makes me throw up is satin; damask makes me throw up.
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I feel like when I try to fit in, it comes across as not genuine, and that is not good. I'd rather just do me and have people say, 'Oh. That's interesting,' than try to fit in.
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One thing you have to give up is attaching importance to what people see in you.
