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curiosity is the beginning of 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
Novelist
Playwright
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9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
Françoise
Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
Wisdom
Curiosity
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I shall live badly if I do not write, and I shall write badly if I do not live.
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It isn't common sense that is paramount in this world, it's wishful thinking.
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Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.
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I think the best way to waste time is to try to save time.
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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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When you make a decision to write according to a set schedule and really stick to it, you find yourself writing very fast. At least I do.
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Curiosity is the beginning of all wisdom.
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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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When man, Apollo man, rockets into space, it isn't in order to find his brother, I'm quite sure of that. It's to confirm that he hasn't any brothers.
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For me writing is a question of finding a certain rhythm. I compare it to the rhythms of jazz.
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Life has confirmed for me the thoughts and impressions I had when I was 18, as if it was all intuition.
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There is no such thing as an ideal man. The ideal man is the man you love at the moment.
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The happiness of others is never bearable for very long.
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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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I've read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place.
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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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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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I was thinking that I should be content to kiss him until the break of day. Bertrand ran out of kisses too soon desire made them superfluous in his eyes. They were only a stage on the road to pleasure, not something inexhaustible and self-sufficient, as Luc had revealed them to me.
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I did not find him absurd. I saw he was kind, that he was on the verge of real love. I thought it would be nice for me to be in love with him, too.
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Looking for pleasure is the best way to ensure you won't find it.
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