Pawel Pawlikowski Quotes
I think people crave those meaningful situations, stuff about faith, identity, dilemmas of live paradoxes in our souls. It's going back to a time where lives were really defined by history, and also how you behave in the face of history. It's kind of interesting to go back to that simpler humanity, simpler but deeper.
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When you are missing someone, time seems to move slower, and when I'm falling in love with someone, time seems to be moving faster.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it.
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It's hard to say how certain stories just punch us in the heart and the brain at the same time at the end. I suppose that's what we're all looking for. But each story has its own valence, its own way of saying goodbye to you.
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I've never had to explain 'Prometheus' to people, ever. Most people get it.
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With 'Tron,' we had so many crew members around and a stage full of special effects people that know exactly what has to be done in the situations. You're on a stage in sets the whole time.
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The congressmen and senators used to go have a drink in D.C. They would disagree all day long, but they would find that time to sit down and learn about each other personally. I think that's totally wiped out; I don't think it really exists anymore.
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I thought I knew there was a God. I always acknowledged that, but at the same time, I didn't live by those laws.
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I'm so sick of people misunderstanding Asians in America and what we're about.
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A lot of the time we think finances are immediately linked to experience, opportunities, image, and all sorts of important things that can progress us in life. Sometimes they're not. Finances can be completely irrelevant if you allow yourself to feel like things are going well.
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I always had a feeling when I was a kid that I didn't really know what was going on. Everybody else knew stuff that I didn't know.
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The question of boundaries is a major question of the Jewish people because the Jews are the great experts of crossing boundaries. They have a sense of identity inside themselves that doesn't permit them to cross boundaries with other people.
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The subject of history is the gradual realization of all that is practically necessary.
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This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in place, but I am a realist.
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There are a lot of things I can take, and a few that I can't. What I can't take is when my older brother, who's everything that I want to be, starts losing faith in things. I saw that look in your eyes last night. I don't ever want to see that look in your eyes again.
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People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
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I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.
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I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
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I'd like to think you don't stop being creative once you get happy.
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I'm not really quiet or shy. Ask any of my friends! But I always ground my poetry in life itself. Poetry is an art of language, though, so I am always aware of every word's meaning, or multiple meanings.
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Someone who is wrongfully accused needs to do their best to put it behind them and move on.
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If you have something that people connect with, you want to keep telling that story and progressing forward.
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I think people crave those meaningful situations, stuff about faith, identity, dilemmas of live paradoxes in our souls. It's going back to a time where lives were really defined by history, and also how you behave in the face of history. It's kind of interesting to go back to that simpler humanity, simpler but deeper.
