Jeanne Calment quotes:
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Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.
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Not having children is one less worry. Children are a worry!
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Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.
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Death doesn't frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.
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I've been forgotten by our Good Lord.
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I'd like to go to the Moon.
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There are so many good authors; there's no shortage of them.
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I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.
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My sight is bad, my hearing is bad, I feel bad, but I don't suffer, I don't complain.
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He who hugs too much, hugs badly!
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In life, people sometimes make rotten deals.
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I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry too often.
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I had to wait 110 years to become famous. I wanted to enjoy it as long as possible.
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I didn't like mundane life.
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I'm not afraid of anything.
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I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.
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Always keep a smile. I attribute my long life to that. I believe I will die laughing. That's part of my program.
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All babies are beautiful.
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When I'm laid in my coffin, I want you to put a picture of my grandchild to the right of me and and a picture of my daughter to my left. That way they will be buried with me.
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Wit doesn't make girls pretty.
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Every age has its happiness and troubles.
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I think I will die laughing.
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If you can't do anything about it, don't worry about it.
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I only have one wrinkle and I'm sitting on it.
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I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.
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I wait for death and journalists.
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[On being the oldest living human being:] God must have forgotten me.
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I'm interested in everthing but passionate about nothing.