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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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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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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The worst feeling in the world is the homesickness that comes over a man occasionally when he is at home.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.
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Black films and television are growing and getting the recognition... and the opportunities.
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The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread and the highest form of literature, Poetry, brings no wealth to the singer.
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I hope someday to see California literature become a part of mainstream American literature, and I hope to be part of that process.
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Western record companies haven't always dealt with African musicians in the best way. Giving them a lot of money and telling them they're going to be bigger than Phil Collins is the wrong way to do it!
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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.
