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Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.
Francoise Sagan
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Francoise Sagan
Age: 69 †
Born: 1935
Born: June 21
Died: 2004
Died: September 24
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Film Director
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9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
Françoise
Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
Curiosity
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I dreamt of being a writer once I started to read. I started to write 'Bonjour Tristesse' in bistros around the Sorbonne. I finished it, I sent it to editors. It was accepted.
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He lifted me up and held me close against him, my head on his shoulder. At that moment I loved him. In the morning light he was as golden, as soft, as gentle as myself, and he would protect me.
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Art must take reality by surprise.
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I don't think there's any intrinsic difference between a lover and a husband. ... If I were cynical, I would say that a woman should have both a good husband and a lover. But I'm not cynical so I'll just say that a woman should have a lover who's a good husband and a husband who's a good lover, perhaps both.
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Love is worth whatever it costs.
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It amused me to think that one can tell the truth when one is drunk and nobody will believe it.
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I had a strong desire to write and some free time.
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A love affair based on jealousy is doomed from the start ... It is certanly a sign of love, but it's a sign that it's already dying.
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pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music.
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A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to take it off of you.
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It would be bad form for me to describe people I don't know and don't understand.
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Writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz. Much of the time life is a sort of rhythmic progression of three characters. If one tells oneself that life is like that, one feels it less arbitrary.
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Passion is the salt of life, and that at the times when we are under its spell this salt is indispensable to us, even if we have got along very well without it before.
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Every time I see a film about Joan of Arc I'm convinced she'll get away with it. It's the only way to get through life.
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Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it.
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In love, as in finance, only the rich can get credit.
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It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking.
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I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels.
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If you don't have imagination you're lost. But it's a virtue that's becoming increasingly rare, especially in its higher form: spontaneity. Mad, happy spontaneity.
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I like men to behave like men. I like them strong and childish.
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