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I call [ordinary people] real people, because they have in themselves an incredible treasure - stories, a way of speaking, a way of sharing, an innocence and a perversity which I find very interesting to discover little by little.
Agnes Varda
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Agnes Varda
Age: 90 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 30
Died: 2019
Died: March 29
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I have respect for literature. If he found the words, if she found the words - this is a book!
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The mirror is the tool of the one who wants to do a self-portrait. And if you want to make a photo you need a mirror.
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I cannot say something different to one person and then another.
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It's peaceful to think about the family as a group. I totally believe in extended families.
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I think people should be different. I love people who don't go by the rule that you have to be careful because you're old, you have to do this and that, you have to eat this and that.
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Good cinema is good cinema. It makes you feel like you need to work. Just yesterday I saw a good film, but even if I'd seen a bad one, I'd feel, Oh my god, what a bad job, I can do better.
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