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47 quotes by Jane Birkin

Jane Mallory Birkin, OBE (born 14 December 1946) is an English actress and singer based in France. She is perhaps best known for her relationship with Serge Gainsbourg in the 1970s and being the namesake of the popular Hermès Birkin bag. In recent years she has written her own album, directed a film and become an outspoken proponent of democracy in Burma.
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Keep smiling - it takes 10 years off!

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I'd rather live on my own than live with a face that looks at me with the wrong eyes.

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He painted me when I was young because he was in love with me, but now that he has loved me he doesn't paint me anymore.

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I grind my teeth and keep my thumbs in so tight that I've dislocated them, just not to scream. Sometimes as an actor one is lucky enough to be... →

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I know what it's like to have someone coming home who looks at you not in the way they used to in the old days, and I've seen my own face... →

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I feel most comfortable in an old pair of jeans, Converse, and a man's jersey. My best friend cuts my hair with kitchen scissors.

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My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.

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Big Ben... hearing the chimes makes me feel at home.

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I only like boutiques.

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I don't know why people keep banging on about the '60s. I came from a conventional family and I didn't go off with different people - I... →

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If I were mayor, I'd invite everyone to have free boat trips on the river and free balloon rides over the city. I'd let the elderly in... →

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One of the things I've discovered, thanks to the Japanese, is that you should enjoy yourself. In the old days, I used to think: 'Oh, never be... →

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I can't be the only person in the world to have three different husbands, and yet those relationships are never talked about.

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