Chantal Akerman Quotes
I'm Jewish. That's all. So I am in exile all the time. Wherever we go, we are in exile. Even in Israel, we are in exile.Chantal Akerman
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I always wanted to do creative things, but I was really interested in entrepreneurship. My family comes from a very entrepreneurial culture, so business was always something I was interested in.
Imran Amed -
I don't like the word 'experiment' in the context of art in general. It implies something immature, unfinished, something entertaining for a moment before it becomes irrelevant.
Abel Korzeniowski -
I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
Kanye West -
Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.
Faith Hill -
I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
Sam Taylor-Johnson -
If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.
Walter Kirn
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I love wearing men's clothing and underwear.
Zoe Saldana -
There are so many different camps about what being gay means. The danger comes when each one is so rigid that it sees itself as the true picture.
Dan Butler -
TV has grown so much. It is like a powerhouse medium.
Ram Kapoor -
'Muslim' is not a political party. 'Muslim' is not a single culture. Muslims go to war with each other. There are more Muslims in India, Russia and China than in most Muslim-majority nations. 'Muslim' is not a homogenous entity.
Maajid Nawaz -
I am disabled, so I can't travel, and I have not been to any development meetings, but Gary and the others affiliated with the film keep me updated on everything.
Laura Hillenbrand -
Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more driven by factors other than taxes and spending, e.g. increases in technological progress and improved human capital.
Lars Feld
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People are going to go where they get characters that they remember.
Cameron Crowe -
Yeah, I'm very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I've worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they're into, so I'm hoping that I will.
Beau Bridges -
Whatever China I'd been born into, I would probably still have become a painter - I loved sketching portraits as a child, and began art classes at the age 7. But if China hadn't been under Maoist rule, I might never have become a writer.
Ma Jian -
Whether you watch 'Law and Order' all the time or not, everyone knows what it looks like. Everyone knows what the courtroom looks like, what the police precinct looks like.
Samira Wiley -
One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
Cal Thomas -
Relationships are hard, so you have to know what type of man you want by your side and what their values are, what is important in his life.
Irina Shayk
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Each year, you've got to talk about it more and more, you've got to have programs. You're doing these camps, you've got to talk about concussion awareness.
Calvin Johnson -
The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.
Al Smith -
We have so many words for states of the mind, and so few for states of the body.
Jeanne Moreau -
I have my own language and it's high time I put a little of it out there.
Paul Westerberg The Replacements -
I don't take a scene or word for granted.
Walton Goggins -
I'm Jewish. That's all. So I am in exile all the time. Wherever we go, we are in exile. Even in Israel, we are in exile.
Chantal Akerman