Catherine Deneuve (Catherine Fabienne Dorléac) Quotes

I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else.

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• The first play I saw was a Samuel Beckett play which was great.

  

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• America believes what's good for us is good for the world. It's very difficult to understand that that's not necessarily true.

  

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• We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.

  

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• Experts are able to identify patterns related to a specific problem relevant to their area of knowledge. But because nonexperts lack that base of knowledge, they are forced to rely more on their brain's ability for abstraction rather than specificity.

  

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• Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.

  

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• I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.

  

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• I've tried to work really hard on never phoning in the lyrics.

  

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• Avoid any specific discussion of public policy at public meetings.

  

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• Winning excuses everything.

  

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• If you come from Africa with your economic poverty and your cultural riches, and you meet someone like Peter Gabriel or a person from a big record company, and they tell you that what you are doing is marvelous, that makes you feel powerful.

  

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• Writing changed my life. It has an existential dimension, and that's the same for every writer. Every artist has a moment of awakening, of happening upon an idea that grabs hold of you, regardless of whether you are a painter or a writer.

  

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• I have a strong sense of responsibility. I like to be directed, it's true. If I didn't like that, I'd do something else.

  

  Catherine Deneuve
  • Responsibility
  • Sense
  • Directed