124 Brigitte Bardot Quotes That You Will Appreciate

A photograph can be an instant of life captured for eternity that will never cease looking back at you.

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I leave before being left. I decide.

I

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French courts are backward and politically correct, which is the height of stupidity.

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I absolutely loathe luxury. It is the one thing I cannot stand.

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I'm not made to be a mother.

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I know it's horrible to have to admit that, but I'm not adult enough to take care of a child.

I

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I am a native Frenchwoman and proud of it.

I

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I have to live with both my selves as best I may.

I

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I left a world in which I was a queen to enter one in which I'm a human being.

I

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It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

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I don't have the time or the desire to gaze at my navel.

Time I

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I don't think when I make love.

Love Think I

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Films have never shown the kind of relationship that can exist between two women.

Never Relationship

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Fame had brought me so much unhappiness.

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I am not finding pregnancy much of a joy. I am afraid of childbirth, but I am afraid I can't find a way of avoiding it.

I

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I am against marriage, and I don't give a fig for society.

I

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I have not always loved wisely, but I was young.

I

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I have no private life at all. I am a hunted woman. I can't take a step without being questioned and surrounded.

Life I

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I know what sin is.

I

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It is better to be Unfaithful, than Faithful without wanting to be.

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Only idiots refuse to change their minds.

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I never do anything by chance.

Never I

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I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film.

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James Stewart was so kind and considerate and had such personal integrity.

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My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films.

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Vadim was both my teacher and my husband. I placed myself entirely in his hands.

I

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Romania will not be able to evolve if it continues to take cruel decisions against sensitive creatures, which are under the protection of European law.

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I only want to protect animals from barbarous, cruel, inhuman and backward rituals.

I

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I knew I had to be the best at something, otherwise I would be nothing. I knew I wanted the world to know about Brigitte Bardot.

I

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People are forever finding something wrong with you.

You

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I am not an actress. I can only play me - on and off the screen.

Me I

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I would like, before I die, to see the changes I've always fought for being made. If not, my life will have been worth nothing.

Life Like Will I

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I really wanted to die at certain periods in my life.

Life I

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If I upset some notions and went against established rules, that wasn't part of what I wanted to do. It wasn't my goal.

I

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I don't think I was a good comedian.

Think I

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I never get hung up on the past - the memories are too negative.

Past Never I

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Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

You

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I tried to make myself as pretty as possible and even then I thought I was ugly. I found it madly difficult to go out, to show myself.

I

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I was afraid of not living up to what people expected me to be.

Me I

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I gave my beauty and my youth to men. I am going to give my wisdom and experience to animals

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I can no longer walk. I can no longer swim. But I'm lucky when I see how animals suffer.

I

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When you're thirty you're old enough to know better,but still young enough to go ahead and do it.

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I am typically French.

I

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I never left France for Hollywood nor stashed my money in Switzerland.

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I regret nothing.

I

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I am really not interested in the cinema.

I

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China once again disgusts the world, portraying the image of a cruel, perverted people devoid of any feelings towards animals.

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We have to convince the people of Bucharest, who are dog lovers, to treat dogs like they treat their children and not just let them roam the streets.

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I stopped making films to look after animals.

I

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I'm not an extremist, you know.

You

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Women get more unhappy the more they try to liberate themselves.

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Now, if there was one woman in the world who didn't need publicity, who always had too much publicity, it was me.

Me Need

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I am against the Islamisation of France.

I

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Among Muslims, I think there are some who are very good and some hoodlums, like everywhere.

Think Like I

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Politics disgusts me.

Me

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My parents gave me a strict upbringing, which at times has caused me to suffer distress but today I am grateful to them for it.

Me I

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My private life became public.

Life

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People have already dirtied my name too much.

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When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love of my life.

Life Love Time I

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What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

You

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The woman who made those movies, that's not me. She's someone else.

Me

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I don't see how a socialist government can tolerate hunting on horseback. The people who do this are snobs; they're very well-to-do.

I

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I'm too impatient.

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I have a gruff character.

Character I

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A film about my life? But I am not dead.

Life I

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I never had trouble saying what I have to say.

Never I

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I mourn the fact that my beautiful country has deteriorated in every way.

I

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I adore my houses - they're my refuge - but I detest more and more Saint-Tropez where it's impossible to live: invaded by tourists, social evenings, all of which I avoid and which terrorises me.

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My favourite animals are dogs.

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I wasn't scandalous - I didn't want to be.

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I don't feel old or used up, and I don't have time to waste thinking about aging, because I live only for my cause.

Time I

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It's the decomposition that gets me. You spend your whole life looking after your body. And then you rot away.

You Life Me

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Yes, I've often been threatened by hunters, by horsemeat butchers, and seal murderers... I am still alive!

I

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All of my causes, including the most radical, are motivated by the defense of animals.

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I belong to no party, and I am militant for no one.

I

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Fur is only of use to the animal that wears it.

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We must boycott fur coats as well as all the accessories.

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Fur is not luxury: it is an industry of death and suffering.

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I have understood that the most important things are tenderness and kindness. I can't do without them.

I

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My wild and free side unsettled some, and unwedged others.

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I am shocking, impertinent and insolent that's how it is.

I

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You can be barefoot and have worries.

You

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I never knowingly wanted to hurt anybody.

Never I

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I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed.

Think I

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I have the courage of my convictions.

I

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There is a certain dignity to being French.

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The world today doesn't please me.

Me

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I wanted to be myself. Only myself.

I

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Death was like love, a romantic escape.

Love Like

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In a democracy one must have the right to express oneself and that's what I do, even if it displeases.

I

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I say what I think and I think what I say.

Think I

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Swallows have disappeared, bees are dying out because of pesticides that should have been banned long ago - it's a scandal.

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I am greatly misunderstood by politically correct idiots.

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No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.

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My mother wanted me to be friends only with children she considered socially suitable.

Me

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Nobody has any security in loving me.

Me

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I am astonished and surprised that someone could consider making a film about me without talking to me about it.

Me I

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I am leaving the town to the invaders: increasingly numerous, mediocre, dirty, badly behaved, shameless tourists.

I

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What does it mean, being a woman?

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Vadim changed my mind about acting. Vadim was the only man who was certain I had something special to offer.

I

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Percentages are why I am rich.

I

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It's better to be unfaithful than faithful without wanting to be.

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If this fame, which people call my lucky break, were to stop tomorrow, I shouldn't care.

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If only every man who sees my films did not get the impression he can make love to me, I would be a lot happier.

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