Pawel Pawlikowski Quotes
'Ida' is about humanity, about guilt and forgiveness. It's not a film that deals with an issue as such. It's more universal.
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We were both in love with him. I fell out of love with him, but he didn't.
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Truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is.
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There's a restaurant I go to whenever I can called The Richmond Cafe. It's a little Thai restaurant owned by a group of Thai women - I think they're all a family, and they're just really, really nice, and they make amazing massaman curry.
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It's like a bird. If he knew what he was doing, he would fall.
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We're passing on something of ourselves to others. I feel that's what makes our life full of meaning. It's hard to have meaning in a closet, encapsulated by nothing. I think you really have to expand yourself and your life and do what you can for other people.
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I never got into politics for it to be a career.
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Over the years, with all the experience, I've become more mature about the subjects I pick. I have a better understanding of what works at the box office. Once the story is finalised, I surrender to the director and follow him. After that, my performances speak for themselves.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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I'd like to work with Bjork if I could get in the studio with her. We could probably travel to a different planet, you know what I'm saying?
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Acting, believe it or not, can get very self-involved! I feel fortunate to have been able to work on things with people who have a very specific point of view and perspective, and who feel like they're doing something very active.
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If we focus on loving others the way God does, scripture says that we will be fulfilling His whole law.
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Coming from a small town, I didn't have big dreams. My biggest ambition was to find a job for myself.
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My school in St. Louis is great. They basically created a program where I can do online classes and independent studies when I'm traveling. But then I still get to go home and take classes in a normal school environment.
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I started coming up to New York at age 17. There was a girl I met over the summer somewhere; I was chasing her. I would drive up to D.C., where I had made some friends, which was about four hours away, and we would take the bus up to New York.
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Half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm funny-looking and ugly. The other half of my life, I've had people staring at me because they think I'm fascinating. Everything neutralises. It's more of a statement on society and how weird it is.
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If there is no threat to the lives of the citizens, our tactic will be to not intervene or impede members of the protest in expressing their will freely.
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Health and well-being, as well as how we can live in harmony with our planet, is something I'm passionate about.
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If you can accept losing, you can't win.
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It's hard to get fired from the government. You have to, like, kill people.
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I always wanted to start a public company and make a lot of money.
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In Ted's world, we want the death penalty to be imposed at the scene of the crime.
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When someone forgets himself, this by no means makes him altruistic; when a thinking person forgets himself, he immediately also forgets his fellowman, he loses himself and his humanity by becoming engrossed in his subject. Thus he is in a sense more contemplative than a feeling person.
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She stares back into me, as if we are both seeking a humanity that neither of us has.
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'Ida' is about humanity, about guilt and forgiveness. It's not a film that deals with an issue as such. It's more universal.
