Jerzy Kosinski Quotes
I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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If I had my way, I wouldn't be sharing my personal life online. I'm a private person. At home, I don't wander around shirtless, flexing my muscles. I roam around unshaven, with my hair disheveled. Unfortunately, people perceive you differently. It's okay; they're free to speculate.
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So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.
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I saw what the Depression was doing to my students. Often they could get no jobs, or jobs which were wholly inadequate. And through them, I began to understand how deeply political and economic events could affect men's lives. I began to feel the need to participate more fully in the life of the community.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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To my knowledge, no one has died from a cyberattack... but there is a gray area between peace and war.
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I do feel like there's a level of ridiculousness going on in electronic music... It's getting borderline absurd out there.
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Every day is like Halloween or Christmas eve for me. I go to bed, and I'm so excited to get back to work. I'm very lucky that I have a career like that 'cause not many people do.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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If wanted to play a sport, I played a sport. If I wanted to do things that many girls born in 1950 didn't do, I did it.
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I leave my house all the time! But I'm not at all the Hollywood parties. I'm grown, and where else am I supposed to be? I'm supposed to be home.
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The world is a global economy. I thought, 'It's a bummer we don't have a unifying currency.' Then I saw Bitcoin had already had a crash and had the resistance to recover. The community was strong enough to push it through again. That's really exciting.
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Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
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My paintings do not have a center, but depend on the same amount of interest throughout.
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Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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I like almost everything, even country twang, disco, blue grass and accordions.
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I never sold any of my pieces. I had all the money I wanted. Then I would have lost my sculptures and just had more money.
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There is nothing natural, inevitable, or necessary about the labyrinth of fear. We can liberate ourselves. There are better ways to live. Someone has to take the initiative to love and trust her fellow living creature and set us all free.
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Even the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson, with all due respect to him, are notoriously burned and dodged.
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What we want in students is creativity and a willingness to fail. I always say to students, 'If you've never at some point stayed up all night talking to your new boyfriend about the meaning of life instead of preparing for the test, then you're not really an intellectual.'
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The big issue with rock stars becoming actors is that sometimes it's not believable, and vice versa with actors becoming rock stars. Sometimes just doesn't fit.
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When I'm teaching, I tell my students: It's all process. Don't even think of product.
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I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.
