Bertrand Tavernier Quotes
Bergman was the first to bring metaphysics - religion, death, existentialism - to the screen. ... But the best of Bergman is the way he speaks of women, of the relationship between men and women. He's like a miner digging in search of purity.
Quotes to Explore
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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As you know with the Arab Spring, there were no dividends.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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While on top of Everest, I looked across the valley towards the great peak Makalu and mentally worked out a route about how it could be climbed. It showed me that even though I was standing on top of the world, it wasn't the end of everything. I was still looking beyond to other interesting challenges.
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I go to the gym in the morning to warm up, and then I go to the mountain and train. Then I come home and go to the gym again to recover. But on travel days, you get pretty much no physical exertion.
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Keep in mind that no matter how perfectly you get your life in order, you will never be rid of all your problems. Problems are a way of life, always have been, always will be. But how you elect to view those problems is all up to you.
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I'm involved in issues, and issues are about grass-roots politics.
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My job is to create myself a career that I can go to sleep satisfied with what I'm doing.
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I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations.
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Here's the thing: 'The Hurt Locker' was an amazing, important film. But did I enjoy it? Of course not. It was very tough to watch and, while gripping, not exactly what you'd call a happy place.
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I'm always going to love my father.
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Women hold up half the sky.
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I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail.
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Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.
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Sailing is necessary, living is not necessary.
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She grunted. 'Nothing unusual?''That’s right.''Well, if you ask me, that’s pretty unusual right there, if a body was smart enough to notice it.'
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The characteristic poetic strategy of our time-refine your singularities-is something Auden has not learned; so his best poems are very peculiarly good, nearly the most interesting poems of our time. When he writes badly, we can afford to be angry at him, and he can afford to laugh at us.
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I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.
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The real issue is not whether two and two make four or whether two and two make five, but whether life advances by men who love words or men who love living.
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The very shaping of history now outpaces the ability of men to orient themselves in accordance with cherished values.
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The knife of historical relativism... which has cut to pieces all metaphysics and religion must also bring about healing.
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Bergman was the first to bring metaphysics - religion, death, existentialism - to the screen. ... But the best of Bergman is the way he speaks of women, of the relationship between men and women. He's like a miner digging in search of purity.
