Agnes Varda Quotes
People think you are an orphan when you are a child, and don't believe that old people can feel that they are orphans.
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For most people, it is enough for the world to know that they aspire. The world does not ask what their aspirations are, trusting that those aspirations are for the best and greatest things. But with regard to the Negroes in America, there is a feeling that their aspirations in some way are not consistent with the great ideals.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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Iranians defend and present their Islamic and Iranian identity to other people worldwide.
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I enjoy going out by myself... always have, always will. I don't have security guards, and, for the most part, I enjoy meeting new people. I see myself as a regular guy who likes playing video games with his nieces and nephews and poker with his family. I don't have an art collection or take exotic vacations. I enjoy being at home.
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The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.
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The key is working with great directors. A film is so many different people and all their talents, but particularly the directors, because of the idiosyncrasies of that person.
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I think that I have self esteem issues, really. If you really analyse it... People who really like me I have no interest in. The unattainable is always that I want to attain.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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You can go into Mark Twain's material and prove anything you want. He was against war. He was for war. He was against rich people and he was for them. He was a kaleidoscope.
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People always think they're in the middle of a revolution while they tend not to realize the enormity of a change that has happened in the past. The telegraph was a revolution, but who looks at it that way these days? The telegraph sped up the transportation of messages over long distances by a huge factor.
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Many people identify their sense of self with the problems they have, or think they have.
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I keep thinking, we teach children to use language to solve their disputes. We teach them not to hit and fight and bite. Then look what adults do!
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The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.
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My Mum brought me up to believe that if you look after the pennies then the pounds look after themselves, and I could never do it.
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I have no child to inherit my properties. You, the people, are my only family, and to make you happy is the reason I do politics.
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I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.
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I love clothes so much. I feel like whatever I wear is an insight for other people to get to see who I am, or for me to portray how I'm feeling.
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I tried to write 'Trainspotting' in standard English, but people weren't talking like that.
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I remember telling myself when I got to start having artist opportunities, 'Let yourself be a fan, because you are. The minute that you walk in a room with Carrie Underwood, and you're too cool to freak out, you need to check yourself.' I just let myself be a fan.
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If it were not for the fact that editors have become so timorous in these politically correct times, I would probably have a greater readership than I have.
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The Singaporean speculative tradition is different. Singapore doesn't conceive itself as the centre of the world or the one country that's going to save the world, so there's a different tone that comes out in the way speculative fiction is done. That's refreshing to read.
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When you need to correct someone, be resolved not to do so in a blaming manner. Before criticizing, view the situation from the other person's point of view. Then be careful to speak calmly and tactfully. Carefully edit what you say before you say it.
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People think you are an orphan when you are a child, and don't believe that old people can feel that they are orphans.
