Francois Truffaut Quotes
The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure.
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I've always been a very confident person, and I know how important it is to take advantage when life gives you opportunity.
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I believe the answers to most problems that confront us around the world can and should be approached by engaging both friend and foe in dialogue. No, I don't naively think that dialogue always works, but I believe we should avoid the rigidity of saying that dialogue never works.
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Here's my rule: You always want to pay cash for your own books, because if they look at the name on the credit card and then they look at the name on the book jacket, then there's this look of such profound sympathy for you that you had to resort to this. It really is withering.
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The best part of being blonde is forgivable momentary lapses of common sense.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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We managed to get underway, and I don't know to this day why we didn't get struck or take a torpedo, but we didn't. We got outside of the exit of the harbor and we started dropping depth charges.
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Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
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To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually.
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Living in Malibu is like being in a bubble, so discovering others that are so different from me has been incredibly gratifying.
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Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.
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People are intimidated in court, and I try to make them more comfortable.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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Courage is on display every day, and only the courageous wring the most out of life.
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Well, I started thinking about what you were saying about how your movies need to make a profit. Now, what is the one thing, if you put it in a movie, it'll be successful?
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The Orioles made me. I didn't make the Orioles.
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Being ready isn't enough; you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
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As a dancer running around the world, I always questioned whether that's what I wanted to do.
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I think I'm like wine. The older I get, the better I get.
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If you can believe in something great, then you can achieve something great.
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I had to learn right away how to improvise behind Ornette, which not only meant following him from one key to another and recognizing the different keys, but modulating in a way that the keys flowed in and out of each other, and the new harmonies sounded right.
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I have a spaniel that defrocked a nun last week. He took hold of the cord. I had hold of the leash. It was like elephants holding tails. Imagine me undressing a nun, even second hand.
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I would let climbing slide away if I had to maintain my relationship with my family. Because it really is the big adventure.
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Let us cherish the hope that the day is not far distant when we will be in the midst of this next adventure.
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The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure.
