"For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places."

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Source : "Smooth Operator: Who is the Real Bernard-Henri Levy?" by Vicky Ward, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 8, 2012.

Bernard-Henri Levy

#Order Quotes #Principles Quotes #Rotten Quotes

“How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!”
“I would as soon put a girl alone into a closet to meditate as give her only the society of her needle.”
“(Canada) - the most parochial nationette on earth ... I have been living in this sanctimonious icebox ... painting portraits of the opulent Methodists of Toronto. Methodism and money in this city have produced a sort of hell of dullness.”
“The user of land should not be allowed to acquire rights of indefinite duration for single payments. For efficiency, for adequate revenue and for justice, every user of land should be required to make an annual payment to the local government equal to the current rental value of the land that he or she prevents others from using.”
“When I was acting, as a hobby, I would devour popular science books and keep up-to-date about what was going on in the science community. And then, suddenly my hobby became my job. I didn't one day say, "I'm not acting. I'm now going to be a science person."”

Source : Source: collider.com
“There certainly are some good aspects to Common Core.”
“I think when you commit to somebody, and you take them off the market, right, I think it is your job as a woman or as a man to ... I don't think you should ever say no. I'm talking about if you're tired or somebody's like 'I'm tired.' No, because at the end of the day you took that person off of the market. They can't go and be with someone else because they're with you. So, don't you ever say no.”
“We were living in the Slad Road when my father left us. I was about three.”

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