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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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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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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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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I think the next little bit of excitement is flying. I hope I am not too old to take it up seriously, nor too stupid about machines to qualify as a commercial pilot. I do not feel like spending the rest of my life writing books that no one will read. It is not as though I wanted to write them.
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Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most human behavior and the strange stability of certain principles. Men are constantly on the move, but the spirit of humanity seems almost unmoved.
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It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
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I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.
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It was easier to sell a painting that was not for sale.
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When it comes to age, I just feel like puberty is, like, the most horrible time of anyone's life.
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My role is not to choose between safeguarding the economy and protecting the environment - it's about doing both.
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We're certainly not close to making any decisions about hiring of permanent replacements.
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Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult.
