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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
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9th arrondissement
Paris
Françoise Quoirez
Sagan
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Francoise Sagan
Françoise Delphine Quoirez
Curiosity
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No one, but no one, ever behaves 'well' in bed unless they love or are loved - two conditions seldom fulfilled.
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Usually I avoided college students, whom I considered brutal, wrapped up in themselves, particularly in their youth, in which they found material for drama or an excuse for their own boredom. I did not care for young people.
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pity is an agreeable sentiment, uplifting like military music.
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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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Love is worth whatever it costs.
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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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I think the best way to waste time is to try to save time.
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Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.
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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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Jazz music is an intensified feeling of nonchalance.
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You should celebrate the end of a love affair as they celebrate death in New Orleans, with songs, laughter, dancing and a lot of wine.
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My love of pleasure seems to be the only consistent side of my character. Is it because I have not read enough?
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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 read Proust and Stendhal. That keeps you in your place.
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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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To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.
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Money may not buy happiness, but I'd rather cry in a Jaguar than on a bus.
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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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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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