Andrei Tarkovsky Quotes
An artist cannot be partially sincere any more than art can be an approximation of beauty.
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Acting was something I always wanted to try. I just didn't know how, or I didn't know when the door was gonna be open for me to try it. But it finally opened up for me when I did 'Turn It Up', and ever since then I've been in love with doing films.
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My mother had a premonition and she felt that hairdressing would be very very good for me.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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It's really hard for me, every day, to confront my writing. It never gets easier over time.
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Life wasn't about freeing up human souls. It was about creating obedient slaves in the hierarchical construction of the society - with God at the top, then the king and then the father.
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I don't like to read reviews. Even the good ones you start to analyze: 'Oh, did I do that? I have to make sure I do that again.'
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The only difference between the Republican and Democratic parties is the velocities with which their knees hit the floor when corporations knock on their door. That's the only difference.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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When we talk about the minimum wage, we have to ask ourselves what it is that we owe both our workers and employers. I think clearly we owe them fairness.
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People always tell me I'm going to regret not having kids. But what if I have one and then I regret having it? Has anyone thought of that option?
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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.
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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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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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I love going to the spa; it rejuvenates me and leaves me happy.
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I would categorize Die Antwoord as pop music: extreme, futuristic pop music.
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Ultimately, in the long run we need to immunise our system from being overly responsive to fluctuations in the exchange rate; that is, people should, by and large, be reasonably hedged, or they should borrow more in domestic currency rather than foreign currency.
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I was fair-skinned in a country that's about the outdoors.
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In my opinion, faith helps in many contexts.
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Resilience is very different than being numb. Resilience means you experience, you feel, you fail, you hurt. You fall. But, you keep going.
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The art of healing comes from nature, not from the physician. Therefore the physician must start from nature, with an open mind.
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I don't have good business sense. You never get much money for the arts. But I like independence. I like to grow.
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An artist cannot be partially sincere any more than art can be an approximation of beauty.
