Krzysztof Kieslowski Quotes
Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult.
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What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths.
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The crew loves working on the show, even though we have to work really hard. There's nobody in the show that's difficult. We really have a great group.
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We have to hate our immediate predecessors to get free of their authority.
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I'm very comfortable as a singer. In fact, I think it's more - I identified my self-esteem, my self more in those ways when I was growing up. I really - it was kind of my calling card as a kid.
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I don't have kids, but I know that you want them to follow their dreams, while at the same time, you don't want them to be sitting around, hoping that dream is just going to come. I'm sure that's hard to tell your kids.
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Get to know your kids' minds and how they think.
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I read the paper every day and the Bible every day; that way I know what both sides are up to.
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On a very gloomy dismal day, just such a one as it ought to be, I went to see Westminster Abbey.
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I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.
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Why does Israel always have to suffer for others to feel bad for it?
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I do think the Obama agenda is the furthest left agenda we've seen since probably LBJ and the Great Society. And the differences have been that instead of him trying to go center-left, he's gone - in my estimation - more left. He's shown the country a much more aggressive liberal, more European style agenda, and that's on a center-right country.
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My mother reads tarot cards, actually, but I won't let her read mine.
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'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic, weird. One of my favourite bands is Ladytron, and I think they'd fit the bill quite well.
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Most of our obstacles would melt away if, instead of cowering before them, we should make up our minds to walk boldly through them.
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When you get to that level, it's not a matter of talent anymore - because all the players are so talented - it's about preparation, about playing smart and making good decisions.
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I like disagreement because it forces both sides to question their own opinions and why they feel that way.
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It is not good for ordinary people to say, 'I am He.' The waves belong to the water. Does the water belong to the waves? The upshot of the whole thing is that, no matter what path you follow, yoga is impossible unless the mind becomes quiet. The mind of a yogi is under his control; he is not under the control of his mind.
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Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.
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You who live your lives in cities or among peaceful ways cannot always tell whether your friends are the kind who would go through fire for you. But on the Plains one's friends have an opportunity to prove their mettle.
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The only reason I've shared my story is to take that tiny baby step of breaking down the stigma attached to depression.
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I believe that providing options - not mandates - is the best way to reduce costs and improve the quality of our health care.
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I love all things, not only the grand but the infinitely small: thimble, spurs, plates, flower vases.
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I see that the greatest thing about getting older is how your judgment changes and how you come to understand the cycles of life. And you keep having these amazing flashes of understanding.
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Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult.
