Stanley Kubrick Quotes
The lasting and ultimately most important reputation of a film is not based on reviews, but on what, if anything, people say about it over the years, and on how much affection for it they have.
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I feel the happiest when I'm at the golf course. And I feel calm when I'm on the golf course. I think I'm just a much better person when I'm on the golf course.
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The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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I had no idea about nutrition. I thought by eating salads you'll stay skinny.
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I loved when my dad was home. He liked to sit in the living room and watch boxing and baseball on TV. Or he'd be tinkering around or listening to records by his musician buddies - George Shearing, Oscar Peterson and the Jackie Gleason Orchestra.
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For some reason, Superman seems to be held to higher standards on the subject of secret/super identities than other superheroes. No one ever says, 'Peter Parker was a nerdy kid. He can't possibly be Spider-Man, attract a good-looking gal, work in a newspaper, etc.' And no one gets hung up on whether his nerdiness is a disguise.
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If anyone comes to me, I want to lead them to Him.
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It's always a wake-up call to get beaten.
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I thought it must be desperate to be old. To wake up in the morning and remember that you were ancient - and so behave that way. I thought old people were full of aches and pains and horrible illnesses.
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'Bloo' is a compilation of a few songs I've written over the past year, inspired by the necessity of finding happiness in the people I choose to surround myself with.
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Greek yogurt with some olive oil stirred in can transform many dishes.
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I am much more understanding of people than I used to be when I was young - people were either villainous or wonderful. They were painted in very bright colours. The bad side of it - and there is a corollary to everything - is that when we get older, we fuss more. I used to despise people who fussed.
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As individuals, we will be judged in our lives by the totality of our actions. Not one thing will stand out. And I think that's how we get judged by our colleagues and that's how we get judged by the good lord.
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If it's boring, then it's tiring.
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Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
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My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.
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Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
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I was never no, never no, never enough, But I can try, I can try to toughen up.
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The word 'souvenir' has, of course, slightly extended itself in meaning until it now denotes almost anything either breakable or useless; but even today, ninety per cent of the items covered by the word are forgettable objects in which cigarettes can be left to go stale.
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I'm one of the baddest, hardest-hitting heavyweights in the business. Right here from Alabama, baby.
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I try to not read about myself. I think it's easier to have it out of sight and out of mind.
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Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.
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The lasting and ultimately most important reputation of a film is not based on reviews, but on what, if anything, people say about it over the years, and on how much affection for it they have.
