Stanley Kubrick Quotes
It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't do fake. That's the first thing you should know about me. I'm not one to put on airs or change my demeanor depending on where I am or who I am talking to.
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In India, by and large, women are not educated enough to be bread winners and, within the moorings of traditional cultures, do not have the courage and the capacity to leave the matrimonial home. Given the inequality prevalent in family structures, the woman's right to opt out is suicidal.
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'Independents' - the industry term for companies that have more capital and know-how than the typical 'wildcatter' - can grow either by exploring and finding reserves or by buying a company that already has them.
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He was white and shaken, like a dry martini.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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'The Notebook' is one of my favorite love stories.
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In London, before I set out, I had paid one shilling; another was now demanded, so that upon the whole, from London to Richmond, the passage in the stage costs just two shillings.
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Cancer is awful. It took 10 years until I didn't think about it every day. Nobody should go through this. Nobody.
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More people would recognise me in Kingston, but it's rare to go on the road and not get recognised by someone. The problem now is everyone has a camera in their pocket, on their cell phone - at the airport it's difficult to get from point A to point B without taking half an hour because there are so many people taking pictures.
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The Hungarians, by nature, are not extreme. They become more extreme only when they are forced to fight for their freedom, as was in the case in the uprising against the communists in 1956 or the revolution against the Austrian Empire. They will not turn extreme in the name of despotism.
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Patriarchal religions, like Judaism and Christianity, established and upheld the 'man's world.'
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It is usually when men are at their most religious that they behave with the least sense and the greatest cruelty.
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The average Englishman has no idea of the dynamism in the music scene here.
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There are certain things that are inherently scarce. For example, there is only a certain amount of beachfront property in California. It is going to be scarce, it is going to be expensive.
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In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.
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I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.
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Impropriety is the soul of wit.
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Israel gives the West Bank water twice a week! One way of promoting good would be not to ration water.
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Whenever I wasn't working, I had my butt back in normal school.
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Money not spent on a luxury one considered even briefly is the equivalent of windfall income and should be spent accordingly.
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We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy.
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I'm not crazy about having lots of time to myself. Whenever I come back from filming away, I immediately want to go and see my friends and my family and re-establish my life. I can fill time when I'm alone, but I love being around other people.
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As you get older, you have to force yourself to have new dreams. For instance, I've been flying for 37 years, but now teaching others to fly is interesting for me. Sometimes you have to find new angles on life to keep you interested, like sharing successes and inspiring and helping others.
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It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.
