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Acting for me was the gospel, the love of the spoken word.

Jeanne Moreau

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Jeanne Moreau
Age: 89 †
Born: 1928
Born: January 23
Died: 2017
Died: July 31
Actor
Actress
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Musician
Screenwriter
Singer
Stage Actor
Paris 10
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Spoken
Gospel
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I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.
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I am a woman with absolutely no sense of nostalgia.
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Success is like a liberation or the first phrase of a love story.
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Aging gracefully is supposed to mean trying not to hide time passing and just looking a wreck. Don't worry girls, look like a wreck, that's the way it goes.
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I have no doubt who I am.
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