Vanessa Paradis Quotes
I don't have the recipe for happiness, but I think the engine is simply having the desire.
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For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character.
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The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business.
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There is a shortage of doctors, and the American Medical Association is aiming to keep it that way.
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I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing.
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I love the unexplainable. It would be so boring to me if everything could be explained.
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People get very trapped where they are. When they hear 'fashion' they get intimidated, particularly at the upper end because it's so elitist.
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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If I didn't believe in what I'm doing, I'd rather go to work in a dime store.
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A Labour party is not a debating club, it is a party of action.
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News has become entertainment. Once that happens, a whole series of horrific events start to happen, whether it's the lack of dissemination of something that can inform you or something that actually negatively impacts society.
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Kids are meant to believe that their stepping stone to massive money is 'The X Factor.' Luck is great, but most of life is hard work. We do not celebrate people who have made success out of serious hard work.
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Personally, I am not so affected by my environment. What I build in the creative process is not necessarily connected to what I am physically in contact with. I am always observing everything, but it will not necessarily have a direct impact on what I do.
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age - as in being able to remake ourselves.
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There's a lot of activism that doesn't deal with empowerment, and you have to empower yourself in order to be relevant to any type of struggle.
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I feel like I should be more in touch with the nuances of this game.
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I've just finished reading 'The Second Plane,' and I think it's some of the best non-fiction I've ever read.
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When a town doesn't have a book store, it is like something is missing, and unfortunately, fewer and fewer have them.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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I am fortunate enough with my career that I can speak out to the masses and hopefully be a part of initiating change.
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Sexism is discounting the female experience of powerlessness; the new sexism is discounting the male experience of powerlessness.
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I think about my art works as paintings, because they refer to the history of painting. I also have to think about them as sculptures, because every part of the process is part of the project. They're sculptures because they play on the idea of what should be hanging in a gallery. In that sense they're also kind of ready-mades.
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I don't have the recipe for happiness, but I think the engine is simply having the desire.
