Andreï Makine Quotes
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Whether or not we communicate it, I definitely seek my mom's acceptance and approval for everything. She has a strong commercial sense of movies and is a quintessential audience. When she doesn't like something, I know there is reason to worry. When she loves something, there is reason to celebrate.
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I would love to have been around in the Keystone Studios days.
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I think I've been really good at surrounding myself with really talented people. I've picked the right coattails to ride on.
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Books are not like albums, where you can simply download and enjoy your favorite chapter and ignore the rest.
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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A woman has to be twice as good as a man to go half as far.
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Approaching people for work has not worked for me. People who came to me with work has worked.
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There are clearly many good politicians who are guided by religious belief, so the mix can work. But there's a line to be drawn. It would be hugely dangerous for a country's laws to be set by the scriptures, and particularly those of the expansionist religions.
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Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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The UK has a poor investment record. According to IMF data, we have come seventh out of the top seven industrialised countries since 1999.
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'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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Everybody knows if you don't have an examined life, you go mad.
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I don't think my daughter wants to see me on the toilet. Lila has seen me nude.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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It has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly.
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I read to my children, and now they love to read. I encourage parents to carve out just 20 minutes a day. It helps you learn more about them, and really opens the door for you to speak into their life!
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Love is in essence subversive.
