Victoria Legrand Quotes
There's something to be said for being classically trained on piano, but not having your whole makeup be tied to one instrument.
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I always get scared. I can't read scripts. I'm scared, scary movies and stuff.
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Of course a woman who decides to work full time as a mother in the home can be happy and deserves full respect from us. Motherhood is one of the most challenging and creative jobs anyone can do. The goal is to remake the world so that our choices are not so stark.
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Sauce is certainly ancestral to French cooking. The technique is very tricky, but it's also very fundamental.
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I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.
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I'm trying my best.
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I don't write under the ghost of Faulkner. I live in the same town and find his life and work inspiring, but that's it. I have a motorcycle and tool along the country lanes. I travel at my own speed.
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I'd never even been to Wrigley Field. I never even enjoyed baseball that much, but I loved being there, the crowd was lovely, and they all sang with me!
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We demand that people should be true to the pictures we have of them, no matter how repulsive those pictures may be: we prefer the true portrait in all its homogeneity, to one with a detail added which refuses to fit in.
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My kids miss me when I'm away, but I don't mind living out of a suitcase. The U.K., U.S., France, Germany, Iraq... it's such a thrill meeting people of different cultures, learning about and from them. It's changed my perception about life, humanity and spirituality.
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It is as difficult to define or classify Islamic cinema as it would be a Christian, Jewish or Buddhist one.
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I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.
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It is true that in France, women put on less things. If they have a necklace, they don't put on earrings; if they have nail polish, they don't put on all their rings and all their bracelets.
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I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
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Who have I picked fights with over the years? Bill Gates. Google. Mark Zuckerberg. Even - despite everything that's written about my relationship with Steve Jobs - we had yelling matches.
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I'm still hungry. I've still got a million ideas. I'm still strong and ready to create.
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I am the middle child with an older and younger brother.
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I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling.
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People tend to compartmentalize themselves into IT people, and movie star people, and scientists, but when we share our perspectives about nature, we find a common denominator.
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I was part of the generation that pushed the Internet. In fact, I broke as an artist in the U.S.A. because of the Internet.
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I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I've written 29 damn plays. Isn't that enough?
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I was in a profession that received a lot of media.
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There are so many different sub-societies inside of Syria.
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There is a direct connection that cannot be severed between the diplomatic process and growth and prosperity.
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There's something to be said for being classically trained on piano, but not having your whole makeup be tied to one instrument.
