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" When you hold a baby in your arms, you don't want to put it in a basket right away. You want to keep the baby close. "
Isabelle Adjani
You
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Away
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" I think we have to get back the value of behavior that is consistent with being taught: that's to say, respecting teachers, listening, and not always expecting your opinion to take precedence. "
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" I like working emotions that can take you beyond your life. And yet you have to resist them in order remain within your life. Otherwise, you're burned. I like that fight. It's more of a fight with yourself. "
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" If I don't work very often, it's because what I read is written for formidable actresses, but actresses who make a habit of playing with their cup half full. "
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" I have a lot of friends in Paris, and I love to get away from home. "
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" I find the heated political debate over the burkini both ridiculous and dangerous. "
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" If you are in a gym class with other women, and even if you are in shape, you feel like, 'Do they think my legs are not right?' Since you are supposed to be the perfect one, they look for the defects. It's such an embarrassment. "
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" I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings. "
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" I'm a public figure. It's up to me to take the initiative to explain things. It's my responsibility. "
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