Honore de Balzac Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I really love storytelling.
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I do things right. No shortcuts.
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For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.
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Well, I didn't really have a plan. I just wanted a hit.
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Taxes suck. They really stink.
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The fossil record is incredible when it preserves things, but it's not a complete record.
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There are some seminal things that happened in the '70s for me: Billy Joel and Jackson 5.
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Things have always sort of happened for me. Something else always comes up.
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I'm really obsessed with the past.
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Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me.
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I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.
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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
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I just write mechanical things.
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I am also a Kentucky Colonel and an Honorary Mayor of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, among other things.
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I'm really not worried about what fans think.
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Simply, there are many things I would like to do.
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The only things I'm competitive in are backgammon and poker.
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I like drums, really, if they're under control.
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I love to take something ordinary and make it really special.
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I love my life. I'm really grateful. My biggest dream come true is my daughter. I've wanted her since I was a little girl.
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In Malaysia, where Western culture was extremely influential, I'd grown up listening to Elvis and the Beatles and watching American movies. People wanted to be like Americans. In contrast, when I got here, I saw prosperous middle-class American college students wanting to somehow join the Third World.
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Wherever it came from, the musical came with its hair mussed and with an innocent, indolent, irreverent look on its bright, bland face.
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If I'm going to produce something, it's going to be with somebody I think is special. Once I go beyond a handful of directors, like Scorsese, there are very few I want to work with.
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The most real of all splendors are not in outward things, they are within us.
