Pawel Pawlikowski Quotes
I actually studied literature and philosophy. So, when I started making films, I didn't really know what I was doing, and I was too proud and arrogant to learn.
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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I like the way hip-hop is now. It's grown up enough so that it can get involved with politics if it feels like it.
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Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it.
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Walking by water frees your creativity. I don't know how it works - there's something about it that's liberating.
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I call myself a blues singer, but you ain't never heard me call myself a blues guitar man.
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How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.
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No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.
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We deem those happy who from the experience of life have learnt to bear its ills without being overcome by them.
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Bill Cosby, you know, he's a delightful guy.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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Although the pineapple had been widely disseminated for centuries among the native peoples of South and Central America, it didn't figure in European history until 1493.
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Would I describe myself as new Labour? I'm Labour, organised Labour. I think labels have a limited use and that's where you really get into boy stuff sometimes, just sticking on labels.
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As a child, I would put on shows in my neighborhood with friends and perform Barbra Streisand songs for my classmates.
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I've never seen myself as a 'girl driver.' I'm just a driver.
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Raised by an irresponsible mother during the Great Depression in the Jim Crow south, my father was on his own from the age of 13.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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The mid-day meal is a well-intentioned scheme and has to be implemented effectively.
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The Fourth of July should be celebrated with big hearts.
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We had some dramatic plays down the stretch. Kobe stayed very well inside of what we were trying to do. We kind of died on the vine a couple of times when the shot clock was running down. Then we were able to find that penetrating pass. We were able to find a couple of things that worked for us.
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Looking back, I'm so proud to have gone to five Olympics - I believe only three other Americans have achieved that.
Gail Devers -
I think people should be proud of the work they do, whatever it is. I have this other arty side that loves creating homes. I can be happy going to the hardware store.
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We feel free. We're independent. People can be openly proud of being Estonian. I have a lot of belief in Estonia.
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There is no room for the impurities of literature in an essay.... the essay must be pure--pure like water or pure like wine, but pure from dullness, deadness, and deposits of extraneous matter.
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I actually studied literature and philosophy. So, when I started making films, I didn't really know what I was doing, and I was too proud and arrogant to learn.
