Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes
The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good.
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Kids love to look at pictures of themselves.
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When you sing gospel you have a feeling there is a cure for what's wrong.
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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
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Many writers from the suburbs of history, such as Ireland and Argentina, produced more original work than their counterparts in the United States; they still seem to.
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Piecemeal social engineering resembles physical engineering in regarding the ends as beyond the province of technology.
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Antonio Berardi is one of my good friends.
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Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
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Even if you buy a Finnish, Korean or American phone - it will be Ericsson on the inside.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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And so, the youngsters you have today, even though there are far fewer of them - in World War II 16.5 million men and women in uniform, today roughly a million in uniform in spite of the fact that the country is almost twice as large a population as we had in World War II.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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Get Miramax to send me down to Australia. I'd like to see it.
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I rarely play a real person, because I don't think I'm a good imitator.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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If the U.N. didn't exist, we'd be inventing it right now.
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For the stage displays the first vigorous expression, as the natural thing and without conspicuous restraint, of private individuality.
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When we set out our original program from the beginning, obviously our markets were pretty limited, and we were thinking about them mostly as U.S. shows, and they would travel like other U.S. shows have.
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The American people have a right to know the source of the money that is being spent. They should be told who is behind the millions of dollars in campaign ads, and they should receive this information before they vote.
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Sometimes living in a room that's badly designed isn't the worst thing in the world. Trust me - this is a fact! Living in a room that has no design whatsoever is even worse. I've learned this from my many clients over the years that have moved into new houses and just can't figure out where to begin.
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A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 pm to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished even before lunch.
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I like it when my wife is in her jeans, with very little makeup. But, I also appreciate the range - the different ways she can look. The moment she walks out all dressed up and... whoa! That's always good.
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No one has mastery, Before he is at the end, Of his art and his life.
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The allotted function of art is not, as is often assumed, to put across ideas, to propagate thoughts, to serve as an example. The aim of art is to prepare a person for death, to plough and harrow his soul, rendering it capable of turning to good.
