Claire Denis Quotes
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I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.
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Conscience is God present in man.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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Gospel music rhythms are not African in origin, although I know that's what the jazz experts say.
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It's incredible what happens when you explain to kids what good food is - they get so excited! They go home and tell their parents... and they're excited to cook the recipes themselves in class.
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If you're paralyzing your face in your 20s and 30s, you're not exercising the muscles that give it strength. My feeling is, laugh, cry, move your face.
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Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.
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I think it's difficult to do fashion for men, because either you become very over-homosexual fashion or very boring fashion. You don't want a boy who looks 15 in a little pair of shorts with some strange art... But to see just a jacket and tie is boring.
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There is more treasure in books than in all the pirate's loot on Treasure Island.
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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If you lived through the shooting of Jaws, you can live through anything.
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Government is the ultimate monopoly. And monopolies, as any economist will tell you, often breed complacency and a lack of innovation.
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I'm not stuck in Strikeforce. I'm happy to be with them. It's where I started, and they've been great to me.
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Even the most left-wing politicians worship wealth creation - as the political-action-committee collection plate is passed.
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If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
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The year I turned 16, I spent the weeks before Christmas dropping hints to my parents about how much I wanted - no, needed - my own transportation.
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I am normally afraid of birds and have never dreamt of any bird in my life.
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I have busted more hippies' noses than all the narcs in the free world.
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Over the years, black leaders have been slow to recognize the need for a very, very progressive agenda. Anytime someone has talked about putting America back to work, blacks should have said yes, but they didn't. They were so preoccupied with affirmative action that they didn't provide the kind of leadership that would help some of the other progressive folks. Only now are black leaders beginning to realize the impact of economic issues.
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Instead of asking 'what do I want from life?', a more powerful question is, 'what does life want from me?'
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You can spend your whole life in France without ever thinking about the Legion.
