Claude Lanzmann Quotes
I think that no one human being would have been able to look at [a hypothetical photographic record of the Nazi gassing of Jews]... I would have preferred to destroy it. It is not visible.
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I love doing eyes - my signature look is a cat eye. I think it's so feminine, and it reminds me of old Hollywood.
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There is something about poverty that smells like death.
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To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.
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The thing I love is that my home life hasn't changed. I still help out with the garbage. I still help out with the lawn.
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Don't worry about being a star, worry about doing good work, and all that will come to you.
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Canadians are very well behaved, they don't throw their food.
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That's free enterprise, friends: freedom to gamble, freedom to lose. And the great thing - the truly democratic thing about it - is that you don't even have to be a player to lose.
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I never really had a strong accent.
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Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music.
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The image we have would be impossible for Mickey Mouse to maintain. We're just... normal people.
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When I was 5 years old I would lie in bed, look at the radio, and I wanted to be on the radio. I don't know why.
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I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.
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During the day, I don't wear much makeup; I only put on makeup for the show.
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I love to have a bath with beautiful, relaxing music on and have no rush to do anything. It's a wonderful indulgence, and it helps me to calm down and stop my mind running overtime.
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I don't care what you do, I just don't want to be a mud hippie like you. [From 1994 woodstock]
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Look for players with character and ability. But remember, character comes first.
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Success is a process... During that journey sometimes there are stones thrown at you, and you convert them into milestones.
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I never have anything to talk about.
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Go forth and preach impostures to the world, But give them truth to build on.
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If it takes you a year to cut a record, I don't know, you need to find something else to do. It really shouldn't take that long.
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What shall we Christians do now with this depraved and damned people of the Jews? ... I will give my faithful advice: First, that one should set fire to their synagogues. . . . Then that one should also break down and destroy their houses. . . . That one should drive them out the country.
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Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him.
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I think that no one human being would have been able to look at [a hypothetical photographic record of the Nazi gassing of Jews]... I would have preferred to destroy it. It is not visible.
