Catherine Deneuve (Catherine Fabienne Dorléac) Quotes
I think the best decade of my life was between 40 and 50. Forty was the turning point for me as an actress.
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I'm such a happy, easygoing person.
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The rehearsal is where it all happens for an actor.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
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Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.' No, they don't.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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I got interested in coaching while I played at St. Joseph's. Because we played a national schedule, we played teams coached by Nat Holman, Joe Lapchick, Hank Iba, and others. I could see the impact the coach had on their teams, and I thought, 'That's a pretty good thing to do.'
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.
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Our concept of governing is derived from our view of people. It is a concept deeply rooted in a set of beliefs firmly etched in the national conscience, of all of us.
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Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one.
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The reason why bookstores are going out of business in the States is that people just can't focus on longer narratives now - even narrative film is in crisis in many ways, unless it's an adventure film.
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I have a message from the Tea Party, a message that is loud and clear and does not mince words. We've come to take our government back.
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I guess I was always a ham, and I was anxious to try doing different things. I started doing impressions to make friends at school. I would do them during recess. Maybe some of the kids thought I was being weird, but everyone seemed to have a good time.
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It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.
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In current times, our moral uproar is best reserved for those who aspire to stone men or women to death, not those who consensually watch women - or men, for that matter - dance.
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If we don't change our culture, the politics is going to migrate more and more to statism.
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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
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We swear by the Quran and Sunnah, and we will not compromise with any infidel....Islam is the truth and all else is falsehood.
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I know my limits. That's why I'm beyond.
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There is a perverse comfort zone to living a small life. For women, that zone has to do with the fact that we're less likely to be challenged, we're less likely to be criticized, we're less likely to be called angry or strident, if we simply go along and acquiesce to the prevailing patterns of thought and behavior.
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I’m frightened of eggs, worse than frightened, they revolt me. That white round thing without any holes … have you ever seen anything more revolting than an egg yolk breaking and spilling its yellow liquid? Blood is jolly, red. But egg yolk is yellow, revolting. I’ve never tasted it.
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I think the best decade of my life was between 40 and 50. Forty was the turning point for me as an actress.
