Albert Camus Quotes
What’s true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves.
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Before I had my child, animals were my life. I slept with four dogs in my bed.
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The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.
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I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.
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We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.
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I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do.
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I think subsuming political and economic conflicts into some grand 'clash of civilisations' theory or 'the West versus the rest' binary is a particularly insidious form of ideological deception.
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Back in 1975, we were making all the decisions about what people were going to watch.
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Actually I walk around with the Emmy wherever I go, but I'm very casual about it.
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He who is not capable of enduring poverty is not capable of being free.
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To create a work of art is to create the world.
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Because of the way tech is changing, and becoming cheaper and user-friendly, it's becoming easier to make films cheaply, maintaining quality.
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I don't want to see that two-tier Senegal, that two-tier Africa, when you have those at the top and those at the bottom, people who are hungry, people who do not have enough to eat.
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I would like to, especially in film, play against type and do some heavier stuff. I'm intrigued by projects that deal with problematic people and things.
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I don't know why Sinclair Lewis fell in love with me. He didn't get even the slightest response from me. But his letters were lovely. And the poems he wrote me were lovely. I used some of them in my book.
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When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.
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Mourning in America, Savage Love column, The Stranger, 15 November 2016
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You can't make people believe in you if you play a horror part with your tongue in your cheek.
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When the ivy has found its tower, when the delicate creeper has found its strong wall, we know how the parasite plants grow and prosper.
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A policeman stopped me and said: Would you please blow into this bag, sir? I said: What for, officer? He said: My chips are too hot.
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This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished with all possible speed.
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The problem of racism, the problem of economic exploitation, and the problem of war are all tied together. These are the triple evils that are interrelated.
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For us music is mainly part of the entertainment world and is often a luxury.
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What’s true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves.
