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I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.


Patrice Leconte

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BOB BARKER Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality.
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MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Soon as thy letters trembling I unclose, That well-known name awakens all my woes.
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KATE WINSLET In times of quietness, I am a genius than any of the famed or well-known Philosophers.
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MICHAEL FASSBENDER I¹m much bigger in Britain than I am there. I'm well-known, but my name's That Guy in America. . . ...
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ERIC HOFFMAN Hopefully it will be a good mix of well-known songs and unknown songs,
ALLEN SHAMBLIN If I known it would be like this, I would have taken you sooner.
CINDY SKAGGS Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
HOMER Literally overnight, I became an animator... and one that was well-known.
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ROB WALTON I doubt that the name of the brand will be Hachette. Hachette is so French. It's not well known in t...
ARNAUD NOURRY I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
CONFUCIUS I feel quite safe and isolated in Germany. My wife is very well known there. But I am only looked at...
SAM RILEY Practically everything is pretty well-known.
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TONY BLAIR If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their result...
CHARLOTTE BRONTE If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their result...
EMILY BRONTE If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their result...
EMILY BRONTë Memoirs are a well-known form of fiction.
FRANK HARRIS Reality has a well-known liberal bias.
STEPHEN COLBERT My natural inclination to be improv rather than an educated character serves me well.
GARY VAYNERCHUK Well didst thou speak, Athena's wisest son!/ All that we know is, nothing can be known.
LORD BYRON I think the filmmakers and I were interested in telling stories that weren't well known,
JAMES TOBIN Making films has got to be one of the hardest endeavors known to humankind.
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RICKY PONTING It's not the only thing I do, but it's something I'm well known for.
JACK KEARNEY It would be nice to be known for being great. But it's great being known for being nice.
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THOMAS BRACKETT REED I have known many meat eaters to be far more nonviolent than vegetarians.
MAHATMA GANDHI I don't want to be known as the granddaughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris.
PARIS HILTON I would rather be damned by my honesty, than caged by my lies.
OMEGA MAVERICK He knew whats'ever 's to be known, But much more than he knew would own.
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JASON EGAN It's well known that love has power but I want to find out how much.
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MALLORY ORTBERG I would rather do really good French films than 'American Pie.'
GUILLAUME CANET As a professional football player, I have known perfectly well from the day I started playing that e...
LUIS FIGO I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs.
NATE RUESS I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
PHAEDRUS I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
PHAEDRUS If you would be known, and not know, vegetate in a village; if you would know, and not be known, liv...
CHARLES CALEB COLTON There's no other place I'd rather be than at Barton. I felt like everything went well here.
ANJESSA EVANS I feel like I want to be known first and foremost for my work.
EMMANUELLE CHRIQUI It is a well-known and well-respected index. We just crunch the numbers.
SKIP RIMER At the end of the day, if I can say that I had a career where I was able to play all different kinds...
ADEPERO ODUYE I don't want to be known as the granddaughter of the Hiltons. I want to be known as Paris.
PARIS HILTON When treading London's well-known ground If e'er I feel my spirits tire, I haul my sail, look ...
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BETTE MIDLER It's a well-known fact that tall people are evil.
KEVIN HART Almost everybody that's well-known gets tagged with a nickname.
ALAN ALDA Unknown can be known ; known can't be Unknown
SYED SHARUKH Here is a sort of classic match-up of a well-known incumbent politician against a celebrity sports f...
LARRY HUGICK I'd rather be known as the guy that won a tournament than the guy that played with Annika. It doesn'...
DEAN WILSON You might want to get up," he said. "Everyone will be here quite soon to rescue you, and you may pre...
CASSANDRA CLARE Jonathan and I have known each other for years, ... We're good friends, and I think it works out wel...
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TERRY PRATCHETT It's an easy pick, ... He's somebody I've known for a long time, and I think that's true of many of ...
BRIAN FROSH It's an easy pick, ... He's somebody I've known for a long time, and I think that's true of many of ...
BRIAN E. FROSH Had I known that, it would have added fire to my indignation.
KATHY COLLINS I never dreamt that I would be famous. Infamous, yes! Famous, no!
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ERIN MORGENSTERN I never intended to cast a well-known actor. A known actor comes with baggage, and Superman as a cha...
BRYAN SINGER I've always known I would be a success, but I was surprised at the way it came.
EVA GABOR Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
HENRY CLAY Sir, I would rather be right than be President.
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