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Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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But I think it's a little different in Europe, because 40 is really the best age for a woman. That's when we hit our peak and become this ripe fruit. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

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I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. ↗

— Angela Davis

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I sometimes feel like I could do another job. Anything. Maybe because as an actress you're playing different characters, everything feels possible. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

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I was so happy when they cast me in Chocolat, because it's one of my vices. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

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My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom. ↗

— Angela Davis

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Maybe it's because my mother divorced and my grandmother divorced, so maybe I'm frightened deep down. But then I also feel there is no real need. Why do I need to get married? To reassure me? No I don't need reassurance. ↗

— Juliette Binoche

#because #deep #deep down #divorced #down

For me, romance isn't an over-the-top act. It's someone offering to help and to support me. Or if that person thinks I'm making the wrong decision, he'll tell me. I want him to be honest, because being that honest takes a lot of guts. ↗

— Thora Birch

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But I don't just see the movie when I see the movie, I see all the great people who worked on it and all their hard work, because they could not have worked any harder. ↗

— Brad Bird

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Every time I started going in the direction of thinking how it might turn out, I started to just turn my brain around and not go there, because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will. ↗

— Brad Bird

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