I’m not saying we wouldn’t get our hair mussed, Mr. President, but I do say not more than ten to twenty million dead depending upon the breaks.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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I’m not afraid of dying tomorrow, only of being killed.
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You sit at the board and suddenly your heart leaps. Your hand trembles to pick up the piece and move it. But what chess teaches you is that you must sit there calmly and think about whether it’s really a good idea and whether there are other, better ideas.
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I’ve never laid a cane on the back of a lord before, but if you force me to I shall speedily become used to the practice.
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The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
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It’s crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense and yet not be able to think about anything else.
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How could we possibly appreciate the Mona Lisa if Leonardo had written at the bottom of the canvas: ‘The lady is smiling because she is hiding a secret from her lover.’ This would shackle the viewer to reality, and I don’t want this to happen to 2001.
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Everything has already been done. every story has been told every scene has been shot. it’s our job to do it one better.
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The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive
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Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
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You either connect or you don’t connect. It’s not the end of the world. It’s a movie.
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God has a hard-on for a Marine because we kill everything we see. He plays His game, we play ours.
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The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
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The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.
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The screen is a magic medium. It has such power that it can retain interest as it conveys emotions and moods that no other art form can hope to tackle.
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One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.
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