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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

What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. – Roland Barthes

Category:
Cynicism
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Roland Barthes
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Through the mythology of Einstein, the world blissfully regained the image of knowledge reduced to a formula. – Roland Barthes

Category:
Knowledge
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Roland Barthes
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Other Quotes from
Actors, Acting
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You must have this charm to reach the pinnacle. It is made of everything and of nothing, the striving will, the look, the walk, the proportions of the body, the sound of the voice, the ease of the gestures. It is not at all necessary to be handsome or to be pretty; all that is needful is charm. – Sarah Bernhardt

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Actors, Acting

When he ran from a cop his transitions from accelerating walk to easy jog trot to brisk canter to headlong gallop to flogged-piston sprint…were as distinct and as soberly in order as an automatic gearshift. – James Agee

Category:
Actors, Acting

Acting is a matter of giving away secrets. – Ellen Barkin

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Actors, Acting

We become actors without realizing it, and actors without wanting to. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Actors, Acting

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If you do not understand a man you cannot crush him. And if you do understand him, very probably you will not. – G. K. Chesterton

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Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return. – Bob Taft

Category:
Freedom

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails is a failure in his whole being. – Paul Tillich

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Boxing is a celebration of the lost religion of masculinity all the more trenchant for its being lost. – Joyce Carol Oates

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Religion