Chantal Akerman Quotes

I realized that my mother was at the center of my work, because now that my mother is no longer there, there's nobody left.

Chantal Akerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: belgian
  • Birth: June 6, 1950 - October 5, 2015

Topics

WorkMotherNobodyNowCenterLeft

I have 'Parents' magazine in my home.

Joe Biden

HomeParentsMagazine

Back in the 1950s and '60s, J. M. Barrie's 'Peter Pan' - starring Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard - was regularly aired on network television during the Christmas season. I must have seen it four or five times and remember, in particular, Ritchard's gloriously camp interpretation of Captain Hook.

Michael Dirda

RememberBackTelevisionChristmas

Unquestionably, it is possible to do without happiness; it is done involuntarily by nineteen-twentieths of mankind.

John Stuart Mill

HappinessDonePossibleWithout

My only opinion on the L&H 'home movie' situation - I regret we have no financial interest in them.

Stan Laurel

HomeOpinionRegretFinancialOnly

I'm not one of those New Age types that believe 'it's all meant to be' and that our lives have been scripted by an invisible hand.

Robin S. Sharma

AgeBelieveMeant To BeNewHand

If we make it national policy that we will support small farmers the way we support agribusiness, we'll suddenly see it change in terms of the cost of organic food.

Ruth Reichl

ChangeFoodSupportSmallWillWay

We are Americans when we go to war, and when we return, we are Mexicans.

Dennis Chavez

WarGoReturnMexicans

You can be one inch from the national team and the opportunity to make so much money and a life out of it. That's why people hang on so long.

Christen Press

LifeOpportunityMoneyPeopleTeam

It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except by following this way. And, as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form, as the trees and hills, and as our faces are.

Christopher Alexander

BeautifulGreatYourselfTreesYou

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

Phil Jackson

WisdomHeartMindAlwaysOpenKeep

Comfortable shoes and the freedom to leave are the two most important things in life.

Shel Silverstein

LifeFreedomShoesImportantLeave

At home, we must reject the mistaken notion - a notion that has dominated too much of the public dialogue for too long - that ever bigger Government is the answer to every problem.

Richard M. Nixon

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