"I am blessed to live and work in [France,] a country where women filmmakers are by and large not unfairly treated. So I wouldn't have much to contribute regarding issues faced as a female director."

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Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com

Anne Fontaine

#Country Quotes #Blessed Quotes #Issues Quotes

“We're talking about really vital services to people who are already in a terrible situation and really in need of emergency services -- and there aren't alternatives.”

Source : "Congress Helps Air Travelers, Ignores Victims of Rape and Domestic Violence" by Tim Murphy, www.motherjones.com. May 6, 2013.
“Novelists never have to footnote.”
“It's not so much the dressing up, but I love the idea of moving and existing in a different time.”
“We launch when we're kind of in the same orbit that they are in terms of being matched up in inclination in space, and we're just in a little different altitude.”
“A lot of composers I know hate temp scores because people get attached to them.”
“In politics, there's a fine line between too much conviction and too little.”
“Despite our differences, we are all in this together. No act of kindness or compassion goes unnoticed. To change the world, take compassionate action within your immediate sphere of influence. To change yourself, start by being still and making time just to listen.”

Source : Edmund Bourne (2009). “Global Shift: How A New Worldview Is Transforming Humanity”, p.325, New Harbinger Publications
“No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good.”

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