Bernardo Bertolucci Quotes
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When facing a difficult task, act as though it is impossible to fail. If you are going after Moby Dick, take along the tartar sauce.
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I think the attraction to Israeli women stems from the fact that we're exotic and the fact that there are many talented and beautiful women in Israel. I think that there is also greater awareness of Israel than before in the movie industry.
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Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it.
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A well-aimed spear is worth three.
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I think black Americans expect too much from individual black Americans in terms of changing the status quo.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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It is a mistake to fancy that horror is associated inextricably with darkness, silence, and solitude.
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Harpo Marx looks like a musical comedy.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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Music was definitely a way out. Instead of playing basketball, I was going to recording studios.
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When people think of someone being prolific, it's like, 'He's got a vault with 5,000 songs in it,' or something, but I just kind of pick them out of the air when they float by.
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Immortality. We all want to be remembered: We want to do things that will make people say, 'Isn't he wonderful?'
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Despite the ethnic diversity within each nation, the social fabric of the region by and large is one.
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Football games on Friday nights followed by field parties every weekend was how I spent my high school years.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to be given space and trust.
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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
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The 1990s, after the reign of terror of academic vandalism, will be a decade of restoration: restoration of meaning, value, beauty, pleasure, and emotion to art and restoration of art to its audience.
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Change what you are doing; change your world. And if enough people do that, we can change the world.
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I saw bat speed right from the beginning. After you've got bat speed, my job is to get him into position to use the bat speed. That's what we've worked on, proper positioning, stay down on the ball and not try to pull everything.
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Be a loner. That gives you time to wonder, to search for the truth. Have holy curiosity. Make your life worth living.
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My grandfather had been on the New York City force with his 11 brothers around the turn of the century. He was killed in the line of duty. My father, who was 16, was the oldest son, so he had to quit school and go to work to support his mother.
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My relationship with my grandmother has gone from strength to strength. As a shy, younger man it could be harder to talk about weighty matters. It was: 'This is my grandmother who is the Queen, and these are serious historical subjects.'
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I left the ending ambiguous, because that is the way life is.
