"Paris is always a good idea."
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"Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets"
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"Everything I learned I learned from the movies."
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"For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime."
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"Only the absolutely determined people succeed."
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"When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over."
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"No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?"
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"I have a long-lasting gratitude and trust for what UNICEF does."
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"And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!"
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"People in these places don't know Audrey Hepburn, but they recognise the name UNICEF. When they see UNICEF their faces light up, because they know that something is happening. In the Sudan, for example, they call a water pump UNICEF."
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"Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm. I really hope no one misinterprets this quote as being about masturbation."
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"Somebody said to me the other day, 'You know, it's really senseless, what you're doing. There's always been suffering, there will always be suffering, and you're just prolonging the suffering of these children [by rescuing them].' My answer is, 'Okay, then, let's start with your grandchild. Don't buy antibiotics if it gets pneumonia. Don't take it to the hospital of it has an accident. It's against life-against humanity-to think that way."
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"I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility."
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"Whatever you love most, you fear you might lose, you know it can change. Why do you look from left to right when you cross the street? Because you don’t want to get run over. But, you still cross the street."
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"I have no illusions about my looks. I think my face is funny."
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"As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself ... All of which I've earned a living doing."
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"True friends are families which you can select."
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"It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'"
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"I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it."
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"I believe in miracles."
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