Claire Denis Quotes

Because TV is mostly close up, it has to be fast. And because it has to be fast, you don't have time to explain completely, by a sequence shot, what's happening between people. So instead of experiencing what's happening, say, when a couple is dancing, dialogue is used to explain.

Claire Denis

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My sister was an actress when I was a kid - she still is a successful stage actress in Sweden.

Joel Kinnaman

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As far as actresses go, I love Meryl Streep.

Jennifer Nettles

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If I stopped touring tomorrow, it wouldn't change my life.

John Oates

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Wake the power within thee slumbering, trim the plot that's in thy keeping, thou wilt bless the task when reaping sweet labour's prize.

John Stuart Blackie

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What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.

Mignon McLaughlin

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Most high governmental officials who speak of education policy seem to conceive of education in this light - as a way to ensure economic competitiveness and continued economic growth. I strongly disagree with this approach.

Derek Bok

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The things of Catholic life are never boring because we have such a rich tradition and so many stories to tell.

Donald Wuerl

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I don't care half so much about making money as I do about making my point, and coming out ahead.

Cornelius Vanderbilt

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I listen to a lot of non-classical music at home, but I don't get many opportunities to sing it.

Claron McFadden

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I became fascinated by the then-blossoming science of molecular biology when, in my senior year, I happened to read the papers by Francois Jacob and Jacques Monod on the operon theory.

Susumu Tonegawa

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I'm more of a handbag girl; my guilty pleasure is bags. I don't even have a clue how many I own.

Poppy Delevingne

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I like anything that is like an obstruction, something that I have to act through is good.

Peter Sarsgaard

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