Andrzej Stasiuk Quotes
Now it all seems so simple. Events intersect free of any logic of sequence; they cover space and time in an even, translucent layer. Memory re-creates them from the back, from the front, or sideways, but to them it makes no difference.
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I was thinking of going to London drama schools or to New York, because France didn't accommodate the things I wanted to do in film.
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Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in order the fit in with the way the world is moving. I admire that.
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I love the way capitalism finds a place - even for its enemies.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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My goal isn't to shock.
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People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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The reason I was able to grow my business was that every day, after producing 30 minutes of wine television, I spent 15 hours a day replying to every single person's e-mail and every single person's Twitter @ reply.
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I remember my school had some of the first Apple IIs in North Carolina. I remember, when I first started using them, we were using a cassette tape to store programs because we didn't have floppy disk drives.
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I don't want to sound disingenuous here - controversy is obviously good for business, especially if your business is satire. And it does amplify the discussion - in my view, a good thing.
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People in Tulsa are totally friendly; the crowds are very nice.
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We must speed up the time table for fathers, brothers and sons to provide their mothers, daughters and sisters with the same opportunities that they give themselves.
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Cancer is something that, tragically, affects almost all of our lives.
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There are now 30-year-old Mexican writers who do great novels in which Mexico isn't even mentioned.
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The perfect expression of receiving a lifetime award is to be working when they're handing it out.
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I used to play shows in D.C. and then drive back to New York to work at 6 A.M. So there are those moments, and you just really need to power through them. Eventually, it builds on itself.
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All historical experience demonstrates the following: Our earth cannot be changed unless in the not too distant future an alteration in the consciousness of individuals is achieved.
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I love the art world, I love art galleries, I love what it means - I love art.
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Today, political events are nullified unless they're on TV.
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No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.
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People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person in a cruel world." Or the pop thing of: "Hey, look at me, I'm sexy."
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Now it all seems so simple. Events intersect free of any logic of sequence; they cover space and time in an even, translucent layer. Memory re-creates them from the back, from the front, or sideways, but to them it makes no difference.
