Always keep your smile. That's how I explain my long life.
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Quotes by Jeanne Calment
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I never wear mascara; I laugh until I cry too often.
Death doesn't frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.
Every age has its happiness and troubles.
I'm interested in everthing but passionate about nothing.
He who hugs too much, hugs badly!
Excuse me if I'm clinging on to life, but my parents wove me from tight thread.
I've only got one wrinkle, and I'm sitting on it.
I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.
I have legs of iron, but to tell you the truth, they're starting to rust and buckle a bit.
I didn't like mundane life.
I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.
I've been forgotten by our Good Lord.
In life, people sometimes make rotten deals.
Wit doesn't make girls pretty.
I wait for death and journalists.
All babies are beautiful.
I think I will die laughing.
I'd like to go to the Moon.
I'm not afraid of anything.
Not having children is one less worry. Children are a worry!
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