Vanessa Paradis Quotes
I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.
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The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.
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Everybody has a weakness. Mine is food.
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When I was about four, people used to walk up to my mom and say I should be in commercials.
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I competed in track for 10 years and have been doing kickboxing forever.
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It is the nature of all greatness not to be exact.
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I can't conceive of cooking in a sunny place like Florida because my motivation comes from the changing seasons. That's why I decided to live in New York.
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In order to experience everyday spirituality, we need to remember that we are spiritual beings spending some time in a human body.
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I worked at CNN for almost 26 years. I worked in Mutual Radio for 20 years. I've been in the business 57 years. I have never seen a bias off the air or on.
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The fundamental difficulty that most novelists face when they are trying to adapt their own book into a screenplay is realizing that a screenplay is a completely different way of storytelling, and it has limitations.
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
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I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.
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Unless you're Gisele, you wake up some days and feel ugly. When that happens, I accept that I'm not perfect and it's OK; I can start over again tomorrow.
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For me, it was really a childhood dream coming true. It's sort of where the fantasy led reality, and then I got to be on the Starship Enterprise anyway. And the cool thing was - is I was the only person on this bridge who had actually been in space.
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I didn't want to be a number. I didn't want to be an object.
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I started wearing all black around the time I got into Nirvana. I first heard 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' when I was about 12, and I remember jumping on my bed, so excited about it.
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Obama has been well-received on the world stage, but that doesn't help him operate domestically.
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Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.
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The television business is based on managed dissatisfaction. You're watching a great television show you're really wrapped up in? You might get 50 minutes of watching a week and then 18,000 minutes of waiting until the next episode comes along.
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In the practice of tolerance, one's enemy is the best teacher.
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Every now and again, the alternative culture is cherished by the mainstream for what it is, rather than how it should be, like the mainstream popular music.
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My dad was around every second. Teaching me the game.
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I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for that. And in the process of learning about my culture, I've learned how to connect myself again to my ancestors.
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I think it's important for girls to be confident. Believe in yourself and... everybody's hot.
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I was an only child until I was 11 years old, which is when my sister was born. So for 11 years, it was just me.
