Bernardo Bertolucci Quotes
Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.
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I've been to a few conventions, you know, when the tax man knocks at the door and the 'Star Wars' convention people say: 'Do you want to come and sign some autographs?'
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Conspiracies, since they cannot be engaged in without the fellowship of others, are for that reason most perilous; for as most men are either fools or knaves, we run excessive risk in making such folk our companions.
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America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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Everyone learns from their experiences.
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I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing - taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before.
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To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
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Gods always behave like the people who make them.
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There are still so many movies made starring 50 men and one woman! A white male actor should never be allowed to complain about anything. Shut up and sit in the corner. I mean, seriously!
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I miss my dad, yes. But I try to honor his memory, as well as all the victims of Hurricane Katrina, through the love I have for all humanity, a love I try to express through my music.
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I always try to start my weekend by running on the beach, which is great fun here in Barcelona.
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To change what you get, you must change who you are.
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Patients who trust their doctors and have a psychological expectation of getting better could trigger a reaction in their body.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else.
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I support the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act.
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Perhaps it is of more value to infuriate philosophers than to go along with them.
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There are standards of the game that FIFA governs and promises to uphold.
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A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion.
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For many Europeans the next decade looks to be filled with threats rather than opportunities.
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The memory of my father is wrapped up in white paper, like sandwiches taken for a day of work. Just as a magician takes towers and rabbits out of his hat, he drew love from his small body.
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Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.
