Ingmar Bergman Quotes
People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.
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All I can start with is what moves me and feels like a great challenge as an actor and I think is saying something unusual or irreverent or human - honest in some way.
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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I love 'Trading Places,' but 'Coming to America' has one of the things I like to do - I like the multiple characters.
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Some people are used to having things done for them by her parents, I am not. I can do it myself.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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Whether it's through introduction of the right gut bacteria or direct modification of the genes of cows and pigs, I think we're going to have to introduce something like this into our livestock - a way to consume the methane rather than releasing it.
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I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.
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The two most frightening words in Washington are 'bipartisan consensus.' Bipartisan consensus is when my doctor and my lawyer agree with my wife that I need help.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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I'm very happy to co-produce a film like 'Srimanthudu.'
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The more research you do, the more at ease you are in the world you're writing about. It doesn't encumber you, it makes you free.
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After 'A Suitable Boy,' I didn't write anything, not even a short story. I thought to myself: 'I ought to start writing.' But I can never force myself to write.
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My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.
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I can see myself always writing songs - but I'm not sure if I'll always want to perform.
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My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?
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Exploration is really the essence of the human spirit.
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In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards.
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Even if things don't unfold the way you expected, don't be disheartened or give up. One who continues to advance will win in the end.
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At the end of the day, you release music because you believe in the songs and believe that they're honest. That's all you can really hope for.
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Today in Ukraine, many people struggle to survive, older ones often see the breakdown of the Soviet system as a loss of stability and security for average people, and therefore a certain hostility to quickly acquired wealth is from their point of view quite understandable at the first look.
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People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
