Park Chan-wook Quotes
I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
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When I show a film at a festival, I am showing myself. Everything is at stake for me.
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Unfortunately, there is still much to mine in this world and explore creatively.
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I don't give up on commitments until what I've been asked to do is clearly finished.
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It's nice to know about something as soon as it happens, and obviously a newspaper can't provide that.
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For me, writing about hotels is like writing about being in a parallel universe. The sense of voyeurism, and the sense of removedness, and there are all these people silently above you and next to you.
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'The New World Haggadah' is meant for American Jews in the 21st century.
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One who works for his own profit is likely to work hard. One who works for the use of others, without profit to himself, is likely not to work any harder than he must.
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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When an issue is so fraught with partisanship, a special counsel provides some modicum of transparency and accountability rather the the veil of politics.
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I don't want to spend the next two years in Holiday Inns.
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Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is that wherever we are, that's where the Light wants us to be. It's the best place for us to be now. And as long as we don't try to control the situation, then we won't end up in the place we shouldn't be.
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The Supreme Court of the United States... has validated the Nazi method of execution in... concentration camps, starving them to death.
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One day, I'll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it's nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.
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I hope that anyone I worked with wouldn't exploit our relationship.
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You lose the speed before the stamina.
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I'm constantly trying to work on the person that I am and work on my shortcomings, and I guess I want people to know that it's ok to be a work in progress, as long as you keep trying to figure it out. But that search and that discovery is what makes life kind of rich, and it's what makes life rich... period.
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I'm going to say my favorite thing is to eat salads, and I'll be like the altar boy.
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You're in a movie because you're appealing and because you represent the aspiration, the fantasy, the ideal.
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Look after yourself; remember that you only consist of your being, so make the best of what you have and look after it. Put good things into your body; eat well.
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“To be far from the madding crowd is to be mad indeed.”
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I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times come, the goodness wins out after all. And a bad person can often seem good and trustworthy for a long time, but when hard times come, the evil in him gets revealed.
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I think the smartest thing for people to do to manage very distressing emotions is to take a medication if it helps, but don't do only that. You also need to train your mind.
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I get hit on by the hottest girls ever. Oh my god, if I was a lesbian, I would be so in luck. But it's just not my thing. I've always batted for the boys' team.
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I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but 'Mad Men' changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.
