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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.
Agnes Varda
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Agnes Varda
Age: 90 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 30
Died: 2019
Died: March 29
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To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States - black people didn't have the right to vote.
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I had a world. I don't think I had a career. I made films.
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I've always been like this - trying to find adventure where it's still in its first élan - the first spring.
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I didn't go to film school. I was never an assistant or trainee on a film. I had not seen all those cameras. So I think it gave me a lot of freedom.
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I wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle.
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People think you are an orphan when you are a child, and don't believe that old people can feel that they are orphans.
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I should say nothing! I'm through with it! I hate to repeat myself all the time.
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I had a very good time when I did The Gleaners - even though the people are poor, and I was suffering to see the conditions, and plus they are not such lovely hearts. They are tough to each other, they beat each other, they are rude and they are violent and they drink. They're not sweethearts, you know, but some were so interesting.
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I'm interested in people who are not exactly the middle way, or who are trying something else because they cannot prevent themselves from being different, or they wish to be different, or they are different because society pushed them away.
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You know, an hour and fifty-four minutes is too much for audiences. They get nervous.
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