Bernard-Henri Levy Quotes
For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places.
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The phrase 'mad as a hatter' was coined because hat makers were poisoned by the high levels of mercury used in felt processing; these workers developed a strange, uneven gait as well as strange alterations in their personalities - traits that resembled mental instability.
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It is easy to see what many people, women especially, admire about Sarah Palin. Here is a mother of five who can see the bright side of having a child with Down syndrome and still find the time and energy to govern the state of Alaska.
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It's an error in judgment to bounce into starting a small business before you cash in on building a strong foundation.
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I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never done an American accent before, so they rely on a slew of technical mechanisms. Part of what makes an accent is understanding why people speak that way - you have to understand the culture.
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Whenever I'm free, I spend time with people I love, people that inspire me in many different ways.
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A strong accountability system needs to broaden, not narrow, the curriculum. That cannot happen if you only have accountability without adequate school funding. Until Tallahassee understands the need to raise the bar as well as the financial investment, Florida will continue to celebrate mediocrity at the expense of true achievement.
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Everything we do, even the slightest thing we do, can have a ripple effect and repercussions that emanate. If you throw a pebble into the water on one side of the ocean, it can create a tidal wave on the other side.
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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So I'm truly an actor who sings, and not a singer who acts.
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
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I make work a bit like how you mix cocktails - with ingredients like budget, history and location.
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Korean cinema is very improvisational, and there is a unique power that stems from this.
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Alan Greenspan is unskilled; you don't take the unskilled seriously.
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I believe I am a moderate Democrat: I am pro-business and also progressive.
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Every fool knoweth that hatreds are the cinders of affection.
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Love's whole world on us doth wheel.
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I felt less alone when I didn’t know you yet: I was waiting for the other. I thought only of his strength and never of my weakness. And now here you are, Orestes, it was you. I look at you and I see that we are two orphans.
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I'm constantly saying that I have bad hair days when I'm in New York. It's so hard. I've been lucky enough to jump immediately into a car, head straight to the location, and stay in the air-conditioning.
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In so many ways, segregation shaped me, and education liberated me.
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The one phrase you can use is that success has a thousand fathers, and failure is an orphan.
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I think that the problem with network television is that they cling to the whole business model like they are clinging to the side of a cliff.
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I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.
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I used to be Amish. I had to stay a lot with my grandparents or aunts and uncles who are Amish, so I was sort of partially Amish. When I go back there now I still get into that culture. I can drive a horse and buggy because they don't use cars. And, of course, there's no electricity. I respect them a lot. The Amish like to live a very plain lifestyle, the way they think God intended. It sort of brings you back to like Little House on the Prairie days or something.
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For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places.
