How does anybody ever think of anything?
STANLEY KUBRICKNew York was the only really hostile city. Perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and materialist and Earth-bound that it finds the grandeur of space and the myriad mysteries of cosmic intelligence anathema.
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The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
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Don’t do anything. Just tolerate me and let me suffer, knowing how you feel.
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The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive
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New York was the only really hostile city. Perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and materialist and Earth-bound that it finds the grandeur of space and the myriad mysteries of cosmic intelligence anathema.
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Here’s to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it’s caused me.
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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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Either you care, or you don’t. There’s no in-between. And if you care, then go all of the way.
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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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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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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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Take a stress pill and think things over– HAL in 2001
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It’s a mistake to confuse pity with love.
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Don’t get obsessed with not liking 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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One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.
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