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The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event. - Roland B

The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event. – Roland Barthes

Other quotes by Roland Barthes

Language is legislation, speech is its code. We do not see the power which is in speech because we forget that all speech is a classification, and that all classifications are oppressive. – Roland Barthes

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power
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Roland Barthes
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Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire. – Roland Barthes

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Language
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Roland Barthes
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The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition… always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning. – Roland Barthes

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Society
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Roland Barthes
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Other Quotes from
Actors, Acting
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When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting. Before going into a fire, theres the same surge of adrenaline you get just before the camera rolls. – Steve Buscemi

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Actors, Acting

An actor rides in a bus or railroad train; he sees a movement and applies it to a new role. The whole garment in which the actor hides himself is made of small externals of observation fitted to his conception of a role. – Eleanor Robson Belmont

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Actors, Acting

One forgets too easily the difference between a man and his image, and that there is none between the sound of his voice on the screen and in real life. – Robert Bresson

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Actors, Acting

A woman in agony of spirit might turn her head just so; a man in deep humiliation probably would wring his hands in such a way. From straws like these, drawn from completely different sources, the fabric of a character may be built. – Eleanor Robson Belmont

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Actors, Acting

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A true king is neither husband nor father he considers his throne and nothing else. – Pierre Corneille

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I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. Its usually pandemonium around here! – Harlan Coben

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Home

Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. – Margaret Fuller

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Recognition

So there is going to be that balance of understanding how to get the best out of the car that day, whether its 15th or even if I have a shot at a top 10, protecting that car so we can bring it back when we have to. – Kurt Busch

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