Charles de Gaulle Quotes
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I pass no judgment about historic events. I defend the human freedoms. Whatever event has taken place throughout history, or hasn't taken place, I cannot judge that.
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John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.
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I just want to make a classic. Classic is the standard. I'm just trying to make music that will last a lifetime.
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There are many reluctant young readers who haven't yet found books that make them laugh.
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To people of my generation, the picture show was really another dimension - sensual, whimsical. No uniforms or collective rites, but a place where little boys like me could laugh and feel free.
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According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.
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My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
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You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, and to concentrate all the interest on this single and universal figure and still keep it living and real.
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Female characters in literature are full. They're messy: they've got runny noses and burp and belch. Unfortunately, in film, female characters don't often have that kind of richness.
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Being traditional is a choice for me. South Indian families bring up their children with a sense of freedom, self-respect and self-value. We do whatever we have to with earnestness and honesty, including being uninhibited. Yet we hold onto our roots.
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My looks have changed. I have laugh lines - not wrinkles.
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I know what people laugh at. I know their vocabulary.
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Whenever you have taken up work in hand, you must see it to the finish. That is the ultimate secret of success. Never, never, never give up!
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I write to escape; to escape poverty.
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We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions.
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I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself.
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I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like radio candy... I like the ones that make you think, laugh or cry - they pull some kind of emotion out of you.
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I guess they're tough jokes. But there's lots of things you either laugh or cry at. And you just can't cry.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I did photography, painting, and drawing, but I prefer sculpture. I like it because it's very physical.
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There are wonderful composers and librettists out there. It's the lack of creative producers that is troubling.
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You've got to keep taking certain risks, because my priority is in acting, it's not in movie stardom.
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In politics, throwing the taxpayers' money at disasters is supposed to show your compassion. But robbing Peter to pay Paul is not compassion. It is politics.
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We are not here to laugh.
