Source: Jeanne Calment: From Van Gogh's Time to Ours : 122 Extraordinary Years, 1998, p. 29
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Jeanne Calment: Citations en anglais
“I have a rather masculine nature. I'm not afraid of anything.”
Source: Jeanne Calment: From Van Gogh's Time to Ours : 122 Extraordinary Years, 1998, p. 67
“Every age has its happiness and troubles.”
Source: Jeanne Calment: From Van Gogh's Time to Ours : 122 Extraordinary Years, 1998, p. 48: response to the question whether the birth of her daughter was the happiest time of her life
“I took pleasure when I could… I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.”
Source: Time, March 6, 1995, p. 85
“I have got only one wrinkle, and I am sitting on it.”
Attributed in: Charlotte A. Spencer. Genes, Aging and Immortality. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. p. 6
“I had to wait 110 years to become famous… I intend to enjoy it as long as possible.”
Source: Craig R. Whitney, " In France, A Citizen Turns 120 http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/22/world/in-france-a-citizen-turns-120.html," The New York Times February 22, 1995.
“I wait for death… and journalists.”
Attributed in: Charlotte A. Spencer. Genes, Aging and Immortality. Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. p. 6; In response to growing interest by media
“I see badly, I hear badly, and I feel bad, but everything's fine.”
Source: Craig R. Whitney, " In France, A Citizen Turns 120 http://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/22/world/in-france-a-citizen-turns-120.html," The New York Times February 22, 1995.
