Patrick Modiano Quotes
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
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The presence and the present of America are a future; our continent is, by its nature, the land which does not exist on its own, but as something which is created and invented.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.
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I do no writing while I'm in Belgrade visiting my grandma.
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
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Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.
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Insight enables you make sure you don't allow negative beliefs to get permanently set in your thinking - just the same way you wouldn't want fractured bones to be permanently set into place.
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I've been accused of wanting to allow terrorists to have weapons to attack America.
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I have seen in my life, I have struggled so much. I did not get support from anyone.
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When I was little, I got into a little accident, and it gave me congenital glaucoma in both of my eyes.
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I admit I do have some drawbacks and limitations as a candidate. Although I am a professional comedian, some of my critics maintain that this is not enough. I cannot deny that I stand before you untested and inexperienced - I only spent two years in television, never as a romantic lead or a song and dance man.
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I was always kind of florid. And full of rhetoric. That was my flaw. My whole time writing, I've had to work against that because it can be a wrecking posture.
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My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
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Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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You don't want people thinking you're a cheat just because you're really fast and have broken the world record by a second.
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I've always gone for the more sensitive, bookish guy, totally. The jock boys, the sporty guys, I don't know... they just didn't do it for me.
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As far as aging on screen is concerned, I am sure the TV audience don't go by stereotypes - they have evolved and become smarter over the years.
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If I had an ego as big as the Eiffel Tower, would I have won this many collective trophies? I know people like to talk about it. And O.K., I am not going to answer every story. But maybe I will let my collective trophies speak for themselves. I don't know many other footballers who have won as much. Do you?
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As a matter of fact, you have deficiencies in all religions, but you have truth in all religions.
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These directors clearly failed to protect the interest of investors.
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I've been typed as historical fiction, historical women's fiction, historical mystery, historical chick lit, historical romance - all for the same book.
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I always have the impression that I write the same book.
