Park Chan-wook Quotes
I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.
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I come from an immigrant culture. I'm only a couple of generations away from having been a servant girl myself.
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I made my first movie when I was five.
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If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time.
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I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart.
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We must first and foremost defend Hungary's independence and sovereignty, and, if needed, we must regain it.
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Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.
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Barack Obama would not be President if he were dark skin. You know what I mean? That's just the truth. I might not be as successful as I am now if I was dark skin.
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A couple of my friends started having babies, and I thought, 'Maybe one day, with the right guy.' I have to find the guy first.
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I'm the first American designer who went all over the world.
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Your man Flavor Flav is living!
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First off, no one award-wise ever rewards comedy, which is... whatever. I don't care about that.
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Mutineer is the first album of mine without a demo stage.
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I remember once, actually the first race I ran, I fell.
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The identification of the genes which determine biological phenomena and the study of the control they exert on these phenomena has proven to be the most successful approach to a detailed understanding of the mechanism of biological processes.
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
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If I recall correctly, I think I signed my first contract with Tor in 1983.
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The first thing I do when I get up, I have breakfast.
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Traditional credentialing really doesn't have a lot of predictive value to if people will be successful.
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There's books that are about places we will never go, and then there's books that inspire us to go.
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The only thing of interest in a refuted system is the personal element. It alone is what is forever irrefutable.
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The Niger Delta is an occupied territory. Citizens raise their hands in the creeks each time they see the military.
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During the presidential primaries of 1940, I received a request from the Democratic National Committee to sing God Bless America before the speeches.
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I have a weird life because I live on songwriting royalties, which are a strange income. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it doesn't. ... I want to grow up with my audience. I don't expect to be getting through to the younger pop crowd. I learned that from Paul Simon. ... When you blame yourself, you learn from it. If you blame someone else, you don't learn nothing, cause hey, it's not your fault, it's his fault, over there. ... People have told me songs I've written have changed their life. That's remarkable. That keeps your faith.
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I became a film director, but I wasn't successful with my first couple of films, so I had to turn to becoming a film critic to make a living.
