Christine and the Queens (Héloïse Adelaïde Letissier) Quotes
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For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'
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First and foremost, I'm a decorator and product designer. Everything I do, the television shows, the books, that comes from the design work. It's what I love.
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People are tired of simple things. They want to be challenged.
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Some day, I'd like to be known as the queen of containerboards.
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Nature teaches us that tens of billions of light years may have passed, and life in all of its expressions has always been subjected to an incredible combination of matter and radiation.
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My mom was scared of the old Times Square so I was never allowed to go. Now I'm scared of the new Times Square, so I still never go.
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When I go running, I see Mexicans working hard.
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I have a sidekick, Keith Robinson, who's very funny. I've known Keith for over 20 years; he's my best friend.
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The idea of regretting not doing this seemed insane to me. Sitting in the corner at a bar at age 60, saying: 'I could've been Bond. Buy me a drink.' That's the saddest place I could be. At least now at 60 I can say: 'I was Bond. Now buy me a drink.'
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I shall participate, I shall contribute, and in so doing, I will be the gainer.
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Anyone who reads my work will see that there are often difficult relationships between fathers and sons.
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Facts are to the mind what food is to the body.
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Comedy gives you a shot of euphoria that distracts you from everything that's awful.
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Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.
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Calling Michelle 'Obama Barack's baby mama?' Tell me, is that acceptable? But the Obamas aren't the only targets. Fox's pattern of race-baiting and fear-mongering regularly focuses on black leaders, black institutions and ordinary black people.
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I'm not a screamer. I'm confrontational, but I don't think that translates into anger.
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I have a lot of those 'Forrest Gump,' I-was-there moments.
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All of our early hits, 'Danke Schoen' and 'Red Roses,' were produced by Bobby Darin.
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We have this idea that extroverts are better salespeople. As a result, extroverts are more likely to enter sales; extroverts are more likely to get promoted in sales jobs. But if you look at the correlation between extroversion and actual sales performance - that is, how many times the cash register actually rings - the correlation's almost zero.
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Everything I do references something that influenced me.
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When you realize that everything is staged, then nothing is staged.
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My first book didn't even have a Canadian publisher. And that upset me, because I so wanted a readership up there.
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It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.
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For me, everything is a performance.
