Najat Vallaud-Belkacem Quotes

Compared to some of our neighbours, it's not frowned upon to be a mother and work in France.

Najat Vallaud-Belkacem

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WorkMotherFranceOurSomeFrowned

Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.

Joan Crawford

LoveFireLove IsWarmYouHouse

If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you.

Jennifer Weiner

MenYouHorrorWriteFictionNotice

I studied classical music for a year. Then, I studied jazz for a year at the New School, and then I got kicked out. You had to go to your class, so I don't know if that counts as studying. I didn't study jazz. I was supposed to.

Andrew Wyatt

MusicSchoolYearYouKnowJazz

Every great movie is about the people, even if it's a great popular success like 'Gone With the Wind.' It's really not about the Civil War. It's about Scarlett and Rhett. That's who you go to see. You're not going to root for the North or pull for the South, or, you know, it's the people you remember.

Michael Cimino

SuccessGreatWarPeopleWindYou

One of the nice things about the world of filmmaking is that you make friends in the business. Sometimes directors feel a script needs something, but they're not sure what it is, so they show it to a friend; if the friend is a writer, he ends up kicking around with that script for a while.

Tom Stoppard

FriendBusinessWorldFriendsYou

Sometimes over things that I did, movies that didn't turn out very well - you go, 'Why did you do that?' But in the end, I can't regret them because I met amazing people. There was always something that was worth it.

Robin Williams

PeopleAmazingRegretEndWorthYou

As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial.

Robert Wise

WorkProcessYouDownSaidDone

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

Michel de Montaigne

FameNeverTranquilityBedfellows

I don't regard the fact that there's a disparity in test scores nearly as importantly as I do the need for diversity, because I know from long experience that test scores, though useful, are a very limited measure of things that matter in choosing students.

Derek Bok

ExperienceDiversityLongMeasure

It's not that I'm universally loved. We know I'm not in New Jersey. But what they do say in New Jersey is, 'We like him, and we think he's telling us the truth.' I think we need to have that type of politics on the national level.

Chris Christie

TruthPoliticsThinkLovedNewKnow

I was the kid jamming out to the songs on the radio, and now there's hopefully kids out there jamming out to my music.

Cole Swindell

MusicNowKidRadioOutKids

Seeing to it that a youngster grows up believing not just in the here and now but also in the grand maybes of life guarantees that some small yet crucial part of him remains forever a child.

Anne Cassidy

LifeChildSmallSeeingBelieving

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