Kim Ki-duk Quotes
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If I had a big brother who was a year older than me or something, I probably wouldn't have ended up being a filmmaker.
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A film is made in somebody's head - out of their determination to do it at all.
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Things are simple, it is us human beings that make it difficult.
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Unfortunately, terror is now linked to immigration, and anyone with dark skin or a beard or a Muslim name is suspect. Russia, France, then the United Kingdom, and now even Germany have no qualms about going far beyond their borders to strike at the enemies of their countries.
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It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody. I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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Trust is the lubrication that makes it possible for organizations to work.
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When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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Human faces shouldn't get lost amid the statistics.
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Whatever our bedtime was as kids, we could stay up an extra half hour if we were reading. My parents didn't care as long as I was under the spell of a Stephen King or a Douglas Adams. Now I read in bed. I read at work. I read standing in line. It's like, 'Hello, my name is Nathan and I am a reader.'
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
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Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.
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Over the years, God and St. Therese have kept me going no matter how bad things were.
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The world is indeed a mixture of truth and make-believe. Discard the make-believe and take the truth.
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Republicans have never been good at public relations.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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The music that I've had out so far was obviously very pop, but when I signed with Hollywood Records, I was like, 'I know that's the music you're familiar with, but that's not what I want to sing. I want to do country.' They were on board with it!
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Dancing inspires my music. Having your girlfriends all together and just being free and happy.
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My wife has some investments and stuff.
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You can't get rid of evil. We can't, and I feel that so intensely. All the idiots that keep coming into the world and wrecking people's lives. And it is such an abundance of idiocy that you lose courage, okay? That you lose hope - I don't want to lose hope. I get through every day - I'm pretty good - I work. I sleep. I sing. I walk. But, I'm losing hope.
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Many people who have watched 'Pieta' have said my filmmaking has become more objective.
