Leos Carax Quotes
I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my island.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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When I'm not acting, I try to be normal, play golf, play hockey. It's funny because you're in this little bubble when you're working - you don't read books, you don't really keep up with the news, you're just living that life.
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In December 2004, I travelled on the road from Uzbekistan across the Oxus River on which the first Soviet convoys had rolled into Afghanistan 25 years before.
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I was kind of a wild child. I wasn't taught the niceties of life.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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I've removed legs from dogs on the bed of my truck on the farm.
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I guess I'd be put in the ID politics camp. But there is really nothing in the world-view of, say, Bernie Sanders I actually disagree with. I'd like a guaranteed income, single-payer health care, a stronger safety net, etc. The problem is the temptation to paper over historically fraught issues to achieve that is tempting.
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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President Obama was never going repeal Obamacare - he was not going to be brought to his knees with the threat of a government shutdown.
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I would lie in bed, and I was nine years old, and say to myself: 'I want to be the richest man in the world.' I've come a long way from there.
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To get away from poverty, you need several things at the same time: school, health, and infrastructure - those are the public investments. And on the other side, you need market opportunities, information, employment, and human rights.
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I'm really Wallace Beery in 'The Champ.'
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I feel like the word 'mom' and 'supermom' should be synonymous. When you are a mom, you are a superhero.
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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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I love punching the ceiling with my fists when I'm lost or I can't find a parking space.
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I wasn't a ladies' man.
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I used to play drums when I was a kid, play the trombone.
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Most of the big banks were shot through with short-termism, deceptive practices and self-dealing. We must institute basic changes in corporate governance and in management practice to restore responsibility and honesty for the sake of the economy and for the self-respect of the country.
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You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being, and that of your family and your country.
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I travel, I read, I write, I have other lives. But when I have a camera, I know that's my country, my island.
