Chantal Akerman Quotes

My mother arrived in Brussels in 1938 from a small town near Krakow. But strangely enough, in 1942 or 1943, she was taken back to Auschwitz, which was just 30 miles from where she grew up. Her parents died there and a lot of her family.

Chantal Akerman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FamilyMotherParentsSmallEnough

I've always had this feeling wherever I go. Of not feeling fully part of things, not fully accepted, not fully inside of something.

Jhumpa Lahiri

FeelingGoInsideAlwaysWherever

People who have theater or sketch-comedy backgrounds seem to be more, you know, our speed. Like Amy Poehler and Will Arnett - we double date.

Megan Mullally

PeopleSpeedYouKnowWillMore

But with carefully chosen keyboard macros to activate it, Mass Copy is quick, convenient, and powerful. Most users who have mastered it depend heavily on it. That certainly includes me.

Robert Patterson

MePowerfulCopyQuickDependMost

What is consciousness? Our brain simulates reality. So, our everyday experiences are a form of dreaming, which is to say, they are mental models, simulations, not the things they appear to be.

Stephen LaBerge

BrainRealitySayEverydayDreaming

I didn't excel too highly in school, but I felt that I was moving ahead - and not just in boxing - but in life.

Sugar Ray Leonard

LifeSchoolMovingBoxingAheadToo

It's not really about the competition. Your biggest challenge in a race is yourself. You're often racing against time. You're frequently running everything through your mind. You're always competing against preconceived ideas. It's not really the person next to you that you worry about.

Summer Sanders

TimeChallengeYourselfCompetition

I love the sounds and the power of pounding water, whether it is the waves or a waterfall.

Mike May

LovePowerWaterWavesWaterfall

I have a very strange melodic gift: melodies come to me effortlessly.

Michel Legrand

MeGiftStrangeComeMelodiesVery

Everybody does what she needs. And if you want plastic surgery, and then you feel better, why not? There is no law. I've nothing against using something to help your beauty - but do it in a good way, with intelligence.

Monica Bellucci

GoodBeautyIntelligenceLawBetter

Don't tell your problems to people: eighty percent don't care; and the other twenty percent are glad you have them.

Lou Holtz

PeopleProblemsCareYouTellYour

Wherever there's opportunity, the mafia will be there.

Johnny Kelly

OpportunityWillMafiaWherever

I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.

Anthony LaPaglia

GreatSmartActorDealAlmostLike

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