Don’t do anything. Just tolerate me and let me suffer, knowing how you feel.
STANLEY KUBRICKAll my life I’ve always spoiled the things that meant the most to me.
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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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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I, uh, don’t think it’s quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.
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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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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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The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
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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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Take a stress pill and think things over– HAL in 2001
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The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive
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I used and abused drugs and alcohol. When I stopped doing that it became a lot clearer that life goes from inside to giving as opposed to taking and destroying.
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There’s something in the human personality which resents things that are clear, and conversely, something which is attracted to puzzles, enigmas, and allegories.
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You’re constantly changing man. But the film’s not changing. The film stays the same. That’s the beautiful aspect of it.
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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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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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You have not yet learned that in this life you have to be like everyone else: the perfect mediocrity–no better, no worse. Individuality is a monster and it must be strangled in its cradle to make our friends feel comfortable.
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