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 center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
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I discovered television is a great way to deal with the chaos of new motherhood. I would put the babies to bed and get lost in a trashy reality show.
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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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I'm entirely self-taught, which I think is both a blessing and a curse.
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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'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 wanted to tell a romantic and dark side of Ottoman history that was also slightly political, saying to the previous generation of writers, 'Look, I'm interested in Ottoman things, and I'm not afraid of it, and I'm doing something creative.'
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There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.
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Art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.
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In principle... no government in the world can accept an armed terrorist group, some of them coming from abroad, controlling streets and villages in the name of 'jihad'.
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Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I always keep a ball in the car. You never know.
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I know I'm an actor, but I'm not at all a believer in people watching a lot of TV. I've never had television in my home.
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I think pregnancy is a huge responsibility.
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I'm working now on a collection of Shakespearean sonnets, about 100 of them, that I may publish if anyone's interested. My take on life is a little different from the bard's.
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Journalists ask me, 'Why don't you ever talk about sex in your performances?' True, I don't talk about sex – not in my personal life and not in my professional life. This is modesty.
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Stop whining about getting old. It's a privilege. A lot of people who are dead wish they were still alive.
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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.
