"If by chance people would still offer me roles, I'd still like to do them. But if not, that's OK."

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Source : "Emmanuelle Riva: 'You don't say no to a film like Amour'". Interview With Xan Brooks, www.theguardian.com. November 8, 2012.

Emmanuelle Riva

#People Quotes #Roles Quotes #Chance Quotes

“To understand the whole it is necessary to understand the parts. To understand the parts, it is necessary to understand the whole. Such is the circle of understanding.”

Source : Ken Wilber (2004). “The Simple Feeling of Being: Visionary, Spiritual, and Poetic Writings”, p.200, Shambhala Publications
“To sit home, read one's favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men's doing.”
“Willpower should be understood to be the strength of the mind, which makes it capable of meeting success or failure with equanimity. Â It is not synonymous with certain success. Â Why should one's attempts always be attended by success? Â Success breeds arrogance and man's spiritual progress is thus arrested. Â Failure, on the other hand, is beneficial, inasmuch as it opens his eyes to his limitations and prepares him to surrender himself. Â Self surrender is synonymous with eternal happiness.”
“On October 28th, 1887, I became the mother of a girl baby, the very image of its father, at least that is what he said, but who has the temper of its mother.”

Source : Calamity Jane (1896). “Life and Adventures of Calamity Jane”
“You canâ€™t have him, okay,â€ she said from behind the wire barrier. â€œMm-hmm,â€ I whispered. â€œThis is certainly a beautiful neighborhood.â€ â€œYeah, I guess.â€ â€œI will scratch those eyes out of your ugly head.”
“A life worth living might be measured in many ways, but the one way that stands above all others is living a life of no regrets.”
“from the beginning, through the middle years and up to the end: too bad, too bad, too bad.”
“It takes a minute to say hello Why? I wonder why When it's seems to take forever When you have to say Goodbye?”

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