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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My idea of a traditional holiday - the right way to do it - goes back to the days when gift-giving meant sharing homemade things: hand-knit sweaters, carved wooden toys, smoked meats and the like.
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I think having imaginary friends is an amazing coping mechanism. It's pretty wonderful, and it makes a lot of sense to me.
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Not even my excellent training at Juilliard prepared me for my first movie role, where I played a transsexual who falls in love with a military guy in 'Soldier's Girl.'
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The Romans had been able to post their laws on boards in public places, confidant that enough literate people existed to read them; far into the Middle Ages, even kings remained illiterate.
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'Mad Men' is celebrating a time that no longer exists.
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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.
