Claire Denis Quotes
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A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns. If his patterns are more permanent than theirs, it is because they are made with ideas.
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My look is either very baroque or very Zen - everything in between makes me itch.
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No one's gonna give a damn in July if you lost a game in March.
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I like doing my own stunts.
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The more I learned about Shoeless Joe, the more I felt he was maligned.
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The hijab is a symbol that we wear on our heads, but I want people to know that it is my choice. I'm doing it because I want to do it. I wanted people to see that you could still be really cute and modest at the same time.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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All I can say is, I don't talk about the personal stuff. It's the one thing you can keep to yourself. At least you try to.
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'The Movie' is something that I made with some friends of mine in L.A. My friend, Luke Eberl, is the filmmaker. He shot this movie and asked a bunch of his friends to be involved with it. I just saw him the other day and there is no money to finish the film. But, you know, I literally have a cameo in it.
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I don't like the word 'urban' because I think it's a bit of a generalisation and they use it to class music, but I don't think it's a word that necessarily classes music.
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A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.
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It's definitely a necessity to make split-second decisions when you're doing gymnastics because things don't always go perfect.
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I don't sit there writing songs, thinking, 'This would be good for Rihanna.' I don't want to be pitching out like that.
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I think I have enough of a sense to know what works for me and what doesn't, without going into some big thing and analyzing what I do. I'm in a position that allows me to do what I want to do, and I do it.
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In the one defence, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don't accept full, or even any, responsibility.
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Advancement only comes with habitually doing more than you are asked.
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I first thought about becoming a writer after the age of 30, which is rather late, I'd say. In my 20s, I wasn't especially good at anything, and I didn't have a lot of experiences. I was just a young woman without a good job.
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I kind of like being depressed.
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Law is not a profession at all, but rather a business service station and repair shop.
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I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
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I like shocking, but I don't like to shock as an automatic process. Sometimes it happens, but it's not my main drive.
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We're delighted to be working with Apple to offer fans a new and innovative way to experience our wildly popular shows.
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Technique-bodily control-must be mastered only because the body must not stand in the way of the soul's expression.
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I am the eldest child; it's lonely at the top.
