Andrzej Wajda Quotes
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Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
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With comedy, it's really hard to tell if something's working on the page - you really need the actors to bring it alive. The scariest part is if people will laugh or not.
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If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.
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I've personally never had the chance to go to Lambeau Field.
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Getting elected Governor of New Mexico, I really did enjoy that job. I thought I made a really big difference, and I think the same running for president of the United States - that I could make a really big, positive difference.
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The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.
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My biggest fear has always been being 40 and hating my job. I love challenges. I'm not afraid to try anything.
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There are no secrets - I've been fighting around 154 lbs and 155 lbs, so I feel comfortable at this weight. This is my weight class.
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I try to have fun with the fans, try to have fun.
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It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.
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I've worked with just as many talented women as I have talented men, and I feel fortunate enough to have that great balance.
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Until you're the person that other people fall back on, until you're the one that's leaned on, not the person doing the leaning, you're not an adult.
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From a scientific point of view, our mission is to seek answers to the fundamental questions about the universe. Many are open - we don't know about dark matter, which accounts for a quarter of the universe's matter, nor do we know why there's antimatter.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him. It was his face. It was whether or not he'd approve of my playing.
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There's a lot out there for me to learn that isn't in college, so I think it's fine for me if I don't go yet.
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Consciousness rap - a term that I don't think exactly exists but gets thrown around a lot - is not exactly popular.
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I just think it's quite remarkable that everyone says they want to add more commentary to their news pages. In some ways, I think, 'Well, how is that even possible?' It seems sometimes that that's all that there is.
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In the time we made 'To the 5 Boroughs,' there was a political seriousness because of what was happening in the world.
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I think writers of memoirs need to be respected for the bold decision they take to bare their lives open. That alone should be enough. The things I write about, if you notice, are sensitive issues for a lot of people. If I told you my age, they would get ideas. The next thing you know they'll be filing lawsuits against me.
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He started when he was 17. It's great, but it's not the stuff I care about. It's something he'll look back on some day and say, 'That's remarkable.
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A lot of the time I tend to overlook the music because I'm listening to how it's produced.
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I absolutely refuse the fame part of my business. I refuse even the money side of my business. I try to do as good work as I can do, I try to grow in my art and reach for truth. That's what I want from my art, that's what I aspire to.
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Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them.
