Park Chan-wook Quotes
I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.
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Understated jewellery is not for me. It's too itsy-bitsy. My husband is lucky, as I've never had a yen for real jewels.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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It's been a long slog back, and we've still got a long way to go.
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I probably get strangers coming up to me two or three times a week to just say something nice. I get more than my share of compliments as I walk through my daily life. I'm not having to show off or make a point about how good I am at doing something. I think I've always kind of been that way.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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It comes down to a question of attention: it's difficult to use the Net distractedly, unlike the television or the radio.
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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I am not a great fan of computers. I do watch videos and analyse which batsman is playing how. Batsmen can play different shots on different days. A batsman may not play cover drives well, but if he connects with two such shots, he starts playing the drive well on that day.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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I'll eat one cookie, not a whole box of cookies. But I'll still eat the one cookie... sometimes two, or even three. But not the whole box.
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Starting in business is like getting married... there is really no good time and no bad time. The time is now.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I'm not a Democrat.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.
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Pickup lines are a major turn-off, they don't work on me and I tune them out. It's better to just be honest.
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People like to talk more than they like to act. They like to sit there and complain and vent. Somehow they think that changes things, when it doesn't.
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I never wanted to be Marilyn - it just happened. Marilyn's like a veil I wear over Norma Jeane.
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I always thought my family was so bizarre, so when people started coming up to me and saying, 'My family was exactly like yours,' I was completely knocked out.
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I cannot believe that violence depicted onscreen actually causes people to act out violently. That's oversimplifying the issue. If somebody commits a violent act after seeing violence in a movie, I think the question that needs to be asked is: would that person still have committed the act if he had not seen a violent film?
