Orhan Pamuk Quotes
To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it so radically that you somehow change.
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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After marriage, most women keep aside their aspirations and dreams as their priorities change.
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If you have a camera in the courtroom, there's no filtering. What you see is what's there.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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I think that as you get older, you become aware of everything that could go wrong.
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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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I've just come back from Mississippi and over there when you talk about the West Bank they think you mean Arkansas.
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It was unpredictable, good storytelling that brought you back each week.
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The beautiful thing about working with new instruments is that you sort of approach it with a fresh perspective.
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When you take risks and things don't go your way, you can be heavily criticised by the media.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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The most nurturing of directors can make you feel too comfortable, and you don't really push for that extra whatever.
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If you have a happy home, everything is sorted, I guess.
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You don't choose who you sit next to in a theater. You sit in a theater, and there's an energy that happens.
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There's nothing wrong with anger provided you use it constructively.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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Certainly, to have a woman who waits at home for you, who will sleep with you, gives a warm feeling like having something you must say; it makes you glow, keeps you company, helps you to live.
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My dad was always interested in characters he didn't understand - he was such a great bad guy in movies. And that is really the thing that calls me to the material often: something I struggle to understand in human behaviour.
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What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.
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The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens.
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I'm so critical, especially of the movies I do. If the movie flows and I buy it, that's important. Beyond it working, if I buy the character, especially if I'm close to the character.
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To appropriate an invention, be it artistic or technical, you have to have at least a part of your spirit embracing it so radically that you somehow change.
