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Life is like riding a bicycle: you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling. ”
My life has been nothing but a failure. ”
Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. ”
An important event in my scientific life has been my appointment as a Professor at the College de France in 1973. ”
I like the yin-yang of a cop's life, where he's part fascist and part saint. That's where the good dramas are. ”
There's nobody who loves being around actors working more than David Mamet, especially actors bringing his tremendous dialogue to life. I've never seen a movie director who was happier to be directing a movie than Dave. ”
New York is the perfect place for a film festival because there's already so much energy and life here, and New Yorkers love movies. ”
The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great, and they know I know it. ”
Does anybody think Steve Jobs should not be in the 1 percent? He made life better for the 99 percent of the rest of us. You want to create opportunities for people with their unique gifts. ”
India is decidedly not anything that was part of my upbringing or part of my experience or part of my preparation. I really fell into it the way one should fall into it, you know - through love. ”