Milos Forman Quotes
The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.
Quotes to Explore
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There is always time to add a word, never to withdraw one.
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A two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and a region free of Iranian nukes are worthy goals that should be able to withstand public scrutiny in every Middle Eastern capital.
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Agitation is the atmosphere of the brains.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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I think a lot of theater actors that were great, like Walken or Glenn Close, later became film actors.
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I do things because I enjoy it. That used to be my downfall, but now it's the upside.
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One experiments and has to choose always the best results.
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I'm 100 percent sure I'm becoming a really good helicopter pilot.
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I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.
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I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.
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Where the work goes, I go. Wherever adulation occurs, that's where you'll find me.
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I have good stamina and good endurance.
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Rules emerge as a spontaneous order–they are found–not deliberately designed by one calculating mind. Initially constructivist institutions undergo evolutionary change adapting beyond the circumstances that gave them birth. What emerges is a form of 'social mind' that solves complex organization problems without conscious cognition.
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The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down.
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Any time the country is split 50/50, the leader is wrong.
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Flash turns up the optical volume so that whatever lies behind the lens - be it film or a digital sensor - is a little more receptive.
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It is really awful to be filming and not know if you can pay everybody.
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The beach is still a public place, and that's an amazing grace about Chicago. We have so many problems, but the water always stays. That inspires me and keeps me inspired about the city and keeps me hopeful.
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Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse.
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In terms of whether my mom was influential, I think she instilled a certain way of thinking in me quite early: having a reflective mindset regarding my actions and trying to find the underlying reasons to behavior. I think that's quite helpful when you're trying to understand a character.
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Cary Grant was wonderful to work with on stage. He would move downstage, so that as he looked at me the audience had to look at me, too. He knew a lot about the theater and how to move around. He was very secure.
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When I hear from fans that they not only like the music but they're also very touched by the lyrics, or they also learned about a specific cause because of me, that's really rewarding.
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The worst evil is - and that's the product of censorship - is the self-censorship, because that twists spines, that destroys my character because I have to think something else and say something else, I have to always control myself.
