Park Chan-wook Quotes
When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn't want to suddenly go off into a completely different world that which bears no relation to the style of filmmaking that I'm used to.
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Most of the producers don't know what they do. The misconception of the producers' function is really not a misconception. Most producers don't do a very good job.
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Because we're able to adjust for compatibility - and what that means is we've already normalized for how well we think each person is going to get along with the other person - the only factor left in determining response rate, really, is the aesthetic appearance of the person who sent you that message.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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The real drawback to the simple life is that it is not simple. If you are living it, you positively can do nothing else. There is not time.
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The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant, pretty stories, but not true.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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My music, I feel, has always been experimental, but it had got to a point where I felt disconnected from it completely. I didn't want to be a Clark Kent/Superman: I couldn't really say, 'Well, B.o.B's the old me, and Bobby Ray's the new me.' I had to just make a point.
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You haven't partied until you've partied at dawn in complete silence with Buddhist monks.
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Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.
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I live a very normal regimented life that focuses on my training and my private life so I squeeze the insane stuff in around that.
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I'm always keeping an eye out for a period piece. I was trained in theatre, so most of the things we did were classical - Shakespeare, Moliere, and Chekhov.
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Furthermore, America suffers not only from a lack of standards, but also not infrequently from a confusion or an inversion of standards.
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America slept because most Americans preferred it that way.
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If you get something like 'Avatar,' it opens up a lot of big blockbuster doors.
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Dance has always been my number one. I started when I was seven years old and I've had the opportunity to work with some really amazing artists.
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I said 'It can't go on' and he said 'No, it can't.' Honestly, I don't think I could have mattered less to him by then. But by then, nothing mattered to him.
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Steve Jobs changed my life. He also changed the life of every designer.
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I'm a firm believer that the world should be your oyster when you're cooking. People should open themselves to other cuisines - there are a lot of hidden secrets all over the world.
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I think art comes from some sense of discomfort with the world, some sense of not quite fitting with it.
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Nearly half of the American population is eagerly anticipating the end of the world. This dewy-eyed nihilism provides absolutely no incentive to build a sustainable civilization. Many of these people are lunatics, but they are not the lunatic fringe.
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Usually I do everything reverse. I practice something in movies and then I try it in real life.
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Happiness is a continuous creative activity of imaginatively comparing your experiences to things that aren't as good and thereby feeling happy and grateful.
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I'm a representative of something that's greater than myself. When you see me out there on the track, I'm not just representing myself or my country, I'm representing Christ and what He's done through me. I have a responsibility to show His love and show others what He's done for me. It's also freed me up.
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When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn't want to suddenly go off into a completely different world that which bears no relation to the style of filmmaking that I'm used to.
