Maurice Jarre Quotes
One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head that only I can hear.
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I took my acting very seriously. I did over 40 films, and naturally, some of them were called B-movies because the woman was at the top of the billing. Women couldn't star in their own movies.
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I am going to change the world, and I'm talking to everybody in the possible world that I can get to that can help me to do that.
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I want to help middle-school girls stay interested in math and be good at it, and see it as friendly and accessible and not this scary thing. Everyone else in society tells them it's not for them. It's for nerdy white guys with pocket protectors.
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Even if you didn't lose your job, if you're one of the two-thirds of Ontarians who don't have a pension, you lost savings. Even if you've earned most of that back now, you are a changed person. You are less secure, less confident. And I understand that.
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I like being an outsider. It is better in France on the outside.
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It was a movement that had all the art critics, all the museum directors in its thrall.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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I used to dream of some kind of way that you could carry a phone with you - but I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. It doesn't matter nowadays if you are caught in traffic or got lost on the way somewhere. You can just send a text and the recipient will know that you haven't fallen under a bus.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Anything - a destination, a person - that has some mystery around it becomes exciting and attractive.
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The classic, 'Romeo and Juliet,' for me, is the iconic story of young love.
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People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
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Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.
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The great love of my life is music.
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What I wear is constantly evolving. I am really big on comfortable clothes. I love soft, loose-fitting clothing that has some edge or something new/fresh to it.
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You don't do things right once in a while. You do things right all the time.
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To be seen and to be respected for my work and acknowledged as a true American Latina... means a lot to me.
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When you're in the music business, everything is very personal, because you are invested in everything; there's a very deep, personal attachment to your music.
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I've been training quite hard.
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In social situations, when I'm surrounded by people, I become very shy. But if there's a camera in front of me, I feel free.
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I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life.
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Once I got cancer of the tongue and throat, I realised that stress is a killer and I had to try and get stress out of my life.
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It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.
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One could say my life itself has been one long soundtrack. Music was my life, music brought me to life, and music is how I will be remembered long after I leave this life. When I die there will be a final waltz playing in my head that only I can hear.
