Bernard Pivot Quotes

All the English speakers, or almost all, have difficulties with the gender of words.

Bernard Pivot

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Each generation wants new symbols, new people, new names. They want to divorce themselves from their predecessors.

Jim Morrison

PeopleGenerationDivorceNewWant

An Oscar clears the deck of envy and resentment. You think, 'Well, I've got that. I can relax now.'

Jim Broadbent

RelaxThinkYouEnvyI CanNow

I think actors go along a continuum from Simon Callow down to kind of Ross Kemp, and I like to think of myself as the Ross Kemp of comedy. He's very good in 'East Enders' because he plays a version of himself. I think I can play a version of myself - that's about all I can do.

Jo Brand

GoodMyselfThinkComedyDownPlay

I'm not running around the world looking for ways to create hostilities.

John Bolton

WorldLookingCreateRunningAround

Fighting in the ring or cage is very much different from fighting in the street. Fighting in the street is very much fueled by anger, pride, and male dominance and ego.

Joel Edgerton

AngerEgoPrideFightingStreet

I had water phobia since childhood without any reason as such.

Roop Durgapal

WaterChildhoodReasonWithoutSince

One of the appeals of markets, as a public philosophy, is they seem to spare us the need to engage in public arguments about the meaning of goods. So markets seem to enable us to be non-judgmental about values. But I think that's a mistake.

Michael Sandel

MistakeThinkMeaningPhilosophyUs

I think it's important to keep your personal life to yourself as much as you can. It protects your sanity and you need to have boundaries. And it helps that enchantment of watching an actor. If you know someone's favourite colour or what they like to do on a Sunday, you won't fall for the character as much.

Dianna Agron

LifeCharacterYourselfThinkYou

In sports, big names and celebrities drive events, and that's what people gravitate to.

Donovan Bailey

SportsPeopleDriveEventsNames

Nobody can quantify for you what's the impact of eating fiber every day, for instance. We can say we think it's good. But some people might say 'Oh, it reduces your risk of colon cancer by 20%, some people might say it reduces your risk by 25%.'

Anne Wojcicki

YouInformationWantWhyGenetic

My personal trainer suggested paleo to build muscle while staying lean, and it's one of the first plans that's worked for me.

Tim Howard

MePlansBuildPersonalMuscleLean

I aspire to eventually be making my living by making movies.

Richard King

MoviesLivingAspireMaking

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