Albert Camus Quotes

Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't feel it.

Albert Camus

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• By the time I got to Bournemouth Art College, I'd been so inspired by Sam Raimi and Robert Rodriguez and their tiny, no-budget films that I decided to do a feature-length version of 'Fistful Of Fingers.'

  

  Edgar Wright
  • Time
  • Art
  • College

• No woman has to be a victim of physical abuse. Women have to feel like they are not alone.

  

  Salma Hayek
  • Women
  • Alone
  • Woman

• When I first went to 'National Geographic,' I thought I was the least qualified person to step through the doors. But because of my parents and the culture of continual learning they imposed on us, I later came to believe I was the most qualified person who ever worked there.

  

  Sam Abell
  • Believe
  • Parents
  • Culture

• When you're young, you're always concerned about how you're being seen and how you're being criticized.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • You
  • Always
  • Young

• The government must adopt a rights-based approach that speaks to the needs and aspirations of surrogate mothers, children born out of surrogacy, and all individuals who want access to altruistic surrogacy services.

  

  Kapil Sibal
  • Children
  • Want
  • Government

• I can understand going for Botox at 45-50, when you want to keep things in place. But I don't understand 25 year olds going for Botox or under the knife. You don't require it. Your skin is fresh, young. Why would you do that to yourself?

  

  Kajol
  • Why
  • Want
  • Yourself

• Members of royal families are born into a world of indulgence and entitlement, and the princelings who grow up that way may never have to develop any discipline.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Up
  • World
  • May

• It's very important to feel foreign. I was born in England, but when I'm being a writer, everyone in England is foreign to me.

  

  V. S. Pritchett
  • Important

• They are women who are standing on their feet in spite of their circumstances, not because of it. Think of how the world can be a much better place if, for a change, we have a better equality, we have equality, we have a representation and we understand war, both from the front-line and the back-line discussion.

  

  Zainab Salbi
  • World
  • Women
  • War

• Requiring governments to make all publicly held information and data available to people - thus giving citizens a powerful tool to expose corruption - is just one aspect of the accountability revolution that can be unleashed if the report’s recommendations are implemented in full.

  

  Tawakkol Karman
  • People
  • Giving
  • Powerful

• The Deer don't dineWhen a Wolf's about,And the PorcupineSticks his quill-points out.

  

  Arthur Guiterman
  • Wolf

• It's really great to see fans all over the world.

  

  Burnie Burns
  • World
  • Great

• Even before I joined journalism, I knew that this is what I wanted to do. Tintin was an early inspiration.

  

  Bobby Ghosh
  • Inspiration
  • Journalism

• My dad and mom divorced when I was around ten, and I didn't live with him after that, though he was close by and we saw each other weekly. I wasn't really aware that he was a writer; I didn't start reading his writing until I was about fifteen. It occurred to me then that my dad was kind of special; he's still one of my favorite writers.

  

  Andre Dubus III
  • Writing
  • Live
  • Dad

• I get so nervous, I get belly pains before I go on stage.

  

  Rita Ora

• When they have their hands on their knees, that's when they're tired.

  

  Eric Dickerson
  • Tired

• I think baseball was really reality when I was a freshman in high school.

  

  Andrew Benintendi
  • School
  • High
  • Reality

• I have a very tiny house in Burbank. I drive an 8-year-old car. I'm gonna drive it into the ground. I enjoy what I enjoy.

  

  Patton Oswalt
  • House
  • Car

• Since coming back from overseas, this is more of a foreign country than the places overseas. I don't understand it. It's like America has lost faith in rational thought.

  

  James Mattis
  • Country
  • America
  • Faith

• The president said that he would unite this country, that he was a uniter, not a divider. Have you ever seen America more divided? Have you ever seen Washington more divided?

  

  John Edwards
  • Country
  • America

• I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.

  

  Leon Panetta
  • Thinking
  • Game

• Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting. With 'L.A. Confidential,' I loved the book. In that case, I felt I was guardian of the work, staying as true to the novel as I could. I've since met the novelist, and he loves the movie and the script.

  

  Brian Helgeland
  • Work
  • Book
  • True

• Why should you shake hands with somebody who's keeping Americans in prison? I mean, what's the point? Neville Chamberlain shook hands with Hitler.

  

  John McCain
  • Why

• Thinking of the future, establishing aims for oneself, having preferences-all this presupposes a belief in freedom, even if one occasionally ascertains that one doesn't feel it.

  

  Albert Camus
  • Thinking
  • Freedom
  • Belief