Chantal Akerman Quotes
I am a woman, and I am Jewish; I'm a film-maker, and I'm a writer, so you cannot just put me in one box.
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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.
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It's very hard to put forth a film that's about love and the joy of love and for it not to be patronising and not make people nauseous or make them roll their eyes.
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I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs.
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During exposure, interference takes place between the incident rays and those reflected by the mirror, with the formation of interference fringes half a wavelength distant from each other.
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I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.
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It is difficult. You've got a lot of things outside the field. But you need to learn and understand things you can do.
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I'm really proud that the LGBT community has gotten behind me because, as I said, I am part of the community, so I do as much as I possibly can for our community and for our rights, so it's nice that everyone is supporting me as well.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us one step ahead of our kids.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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Honestly, I've always had difficulty relaxing, unwinding and going to bed - that kind of stuff.
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I'm a big fan of film for one reason: because it is visual.
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My happiest times in the theater are when I do ensemble pieces. I really got into theater because of that closeness.
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Nothing is more precious than peace, by which all war, both in Heaven and Earth, is brought to an end.
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I'm a performer and have managed to get my performing into the mainstream consciousness of the world, I guess.
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I don't need a trailer; I don't need to have the luxuries of what is Hollywood, which is why I'm probably not so desperate to get there.
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I don't exercise.
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I was brought up in Florence, a beautiful medieval town whose rhythm is completely in antiquity.
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Happiness grows at our own firesides, and is not to be picked in strangers' gardens.
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'The notebook. Yes, as you know Garofalo's a little forgetful. Has to bring her notebook. Between the Nutrasweet and the Fen-phen, I don't know whether to shit or wind my watch at this point. I gotta have a thing happening here because I don't wanna forget what I wanna discuss with you. I owe you that much.'
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Yes, the people I draw don't have a wide variety of looks. Every now and then I'll spruce it up, like a woman will be wearing a two-piece suit as opposed to a one-piece, or a man will not be wearing a tie; he'll just have a collar.
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My family were all entrepreneurs, including my parents and grandparents.
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I just want to sleep and exercise and travel for fun. And relax. It sounds so ordinary, but I haven't done it for 20 years.
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I am a woman, and I am Jewish; I'm a film-maker, and I'm a writer, so you cannot just put me in one box.
