Jerzy Kosinski Quotes
It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.
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I really enjoy getting to go and play on other people's shows for an episode or two. It adds such variety to my repertoire.
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You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'
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I could sum up the future in one word, and that word is 'boring.' The future is going to be boring.
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I definitely want to work on a project with young designers, not just French but international.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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You can de-select the songs that you don't want to have on the record, but I hope we always put something out that has a lot of songs that the majority of people will love.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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I love the idea of thinking of cinema as not that far from music. A lot of my favourite movie makers, the way they move their cameras or the way they cut just feel very musical - even if the movies have no music in them at all.
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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.
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There's not some idea I'm going to create a work that's going to change everybody's consciousness.
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It's incredible what happens when you explain to kids what good food is - they get so excited! They go home and tell their parents... and they're excited to cook the recipes themselves in class.
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As a writer, I absorb stories, allow them to churn within my own head and heart - often for years - until I find a way of telling them that fits both my time and temperament.
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Developing a relationship with someone you admire, who can encourage you to reach your full potential, is something that everyone can benefit from.
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Eazy-E is going to remain Eazy-E. But I will not portray Compton as a bad city.
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My job as a leader is to make sure everybody in the company has great opportunities, and that they feel they're having a meaningful impact and are contributing to the good of society. As a world, we're doing a better job of that. My goal is for Google to lead, not follow that.
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Real tolerance means respecting other people even when they baffle you and you have no idea why they think what they think.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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The secret of life is in art.
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The right to free speech is critical to our democracy.
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I had to cease to mourn what could never be and make the most of what was possible. And I would begin doing that by trying to mend the hurts of the past.
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My brother is nine years older than I am. He's a psychology professor, I'm an actor, and so we look at life in two different ways. We thought it would be interesting to come together and take our unique perspectives and share them with everybody else.
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So many people are frightened to take a chance in life and there's so many chances you have to take.
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It is not sex by itself that interests me, but its particular role in American consciousness, and in my own life.
