Claire Denis Quotes
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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From the pop side, people like Usher, and when they first came out, I listened to guys like K-Ci and JoJo; that '90s R&B thing really caught my ear.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for that. And in the process of learning about my culture, I've learned how to connect myself again to my ancestors.
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I don't think any actor can be satisfied. I am still in the learning phase and hope I am always in the learning frame of mind in acting or in anything else that I do. That's what makes life interesting and worth living.
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The whole kiss-and-tell thing is a negative approach that often happens in a World Cup. We will see negative stories about the players and it can affect their confidence and the overall performance of the national team on the pitch, let alone the bid to actually stage the competition.
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Floyd Mayweather is in the sport to give great performances.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.
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All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
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A laugh is a terrible weapon.
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You can get stale writing with each other for a while.
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I think the biggest change has been realizing I now have three children.
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We're going to do something that's really unprecedented in the industry by launching the console in all three major markets for the same holiday. It's never been done before.
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I lived in New York City for a while and miss it like it's a person. Although I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, I'm a New Yorker at heart. A stroll through Central Park, a visit to the MET, a show on Broadway. There is no other city like it in the world!
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I hated the fact that I had to read 'Moby-Dick' as a senior in high school.
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My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
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I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self, the more you do.
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It costs a lot of money to release a movie. What you'd call art-house movies - movies that don't have big stars or big budgets - they're very hard for distributors to get behind 'em and take chances.
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Initially I had intended to study medicine, but before going to University I had decided that I would be better suited to a career in which I could concentrate my activities and interests more on a single goal than appeared to be possible in my father's profession.
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The Eleanor Roosevelt Award that I received for women's rights activities is one I treasure.
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In a stupid nation the man of genius becomes a god: everybody worships him and nobody does his will.
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I didn't foresee my career. Things happen.
