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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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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I wanted to see how flavors, spices, and grains traveled back and forth along the Silk Road and were interpreted by a multitude of cultures' palates.
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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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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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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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Republicans can't always agree on where to cut spending. They certainly can't agree on what to do about entitlements. There isn't a unified foreign policy vision, and there's no consensus on immigration reform.
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Three life lessons: 1.No one will see you. 2.No one will say anything. 3.No one will save you.
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To put as little pressure on the relationship you're in is very important.
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I am very conscious of the viewer because that's where the art takes place. My work really strives to put the viewer in a certain kind of emotional state.
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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.
