Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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People expect me to be that guy. But I'm more east London boy than east Baltimore.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
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I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.
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Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy. If you look at it to admire it, you are lost.
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Couples counseling gets many couples back together. But not all, and not always. For your own sake and that of your children, however, I recommend it - I almost insist on it - as the first step for anyone unhappy in a relationship.
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Once you've changed who you are or who you've portrayed in your music, the fans, they'll catch it... Once I feel like the world knows me for anything else but my music, then I feel like I failed.
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I've been really lucky; I've had the opportunity to play so many roles. I can't imagine a more fortunate career for an actor. I feel incredibly lucky.
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I was a waitress years ago when I was first trying to become an actress, waiting tables in New York City.
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I love Jon Hamm. I'm so lucky to get to work with him and work so closely with him.
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I grew up in an all-black neighbourhood in Decatur, Georgia - a kinda lower-middle-class area.
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As technology improves, on-screen avatars look more and more like real people. When they start looking too real, though, we pull away. These almost-humans aren't quite right; they look creepy, like zombies.
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Oh, I have this feud going with the L.A. Unified School District, because I keep getting these phone calls saying my daughter keeps missing classes, I mean, at all hours of the night, I had like, two calls this morning and I keep calling saying I haven't got a daughter!
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I remember being a kid, and if you had to pee, well, you had to hold it until the commercial break. Then you rushed, and hopefully, if you're going to the kitchen for a snack, you'll be back before so you don't miss a line. If your sister sneezed or was talking over a line, there was no way of knowing what that line was or what the joke was.
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I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books.
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A daily blog would just about finish me off completely.
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The first Broadway show I ever heard was the recording of Carousel, and it was a very vivid experience.
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Your virtuous living is your enemy's best and cheapest weapon
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I love working with actors, and it's great that I'm an actor myself. I know how I like to be directed and how I like to be talked to.
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The only people that can make peace are the parties to the conflict, and just as they are responsible for the conflict and its consequences, so should they be given responsibility and recognition for the peace.
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The quality of films out there depends on how much responsibility we're willing to take. I try to play women who are positive and heroic.
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To address questions of scientific responsibility does not necessarily imply that one needs technical competence in a particular field (e.g. biology) to evaluate certain technical matters.
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Have you ever had a single moment's thought about my responsibilities?
