Chantal Akerman Quotes
When people ask me if I am a feminist film maker, I reply I am a woman and I also make films.
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I had to work with a psychiatrist.
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There's a lot of things lost in the Digital Age.
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There comes a time when money doesn't matter.
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There is none who cannot teach somebody something, and there is none so excellent but he is excelled.
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I'm easily entertained.
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Once you come and see Kiss, you either love us or you hate us.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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Growing up, you tended to just go through school to get out, then figure out what you want to do in this big ball of mud.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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One of the biggest things that happens to many people when they have kids is that you suddenly realize that you're not going to last forever. You know there is another generation who are the heroes of their own stories, and that is humbling.
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So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.
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Being in the spotlight, you know, you tend to kind of forget who you are. And being an artist... it could be a very superficial job. It could be very pretentious as well.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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Britain, which in the years immediately before this war was rapidly losing such democratic virtues as it possessed, is now being bombed and burned into democracy.
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When people are in love, I don't see anything wrong with it in the world. If they choose to live their lives and get married, why should we interfere? A lot of people don't agree with me, but that's how I feel.
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For the most part, the real work is done in the songwriting stage and recording; the next step is presenting to people.
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I remember in 'Pride and Prejudice' I had to do a scene where I broke down. And before we filmed I spent like three hours imagining my mum's funeral. Actually, she's very much alive, happy and healthy. It was really horrible.
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Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.
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Find people who share your values, and you'll conquer the world together.
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The slogans of globalisation are 'Get on your bike' and 'The world is flat.' People who want to get on have to be willing to move, often and unhesitatingly, at the behest of their employer or to seek work.
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The more people, as you know, are able to be on whatever spectrum of femininity and masculinity they are on at that moment, that opens the door for women to not have to be the opposite of what the supposed traditional male is.
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I don't want to be one of those 40-something guys in L.A. still dating, still going out to clubs and chasing 21-year-olds. It's not a good look.
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A trilogy is a pretty abstract notion. You can apply it to almost any three things.
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When people ask me if I am a feminist film maker, I reply I am a woman and I also make films.
