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The whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, ‘2001’ shows that what some people call ‘god’ is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don’t understand, they call ‘god’ -Stanley Kubrick, interview, 1963

Stanley Kubrick

I’ve got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.
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Artists Criminal Weaknesses
All my life I’ve always spoiled the things that meant the most to me.
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Destruction Spoiled
Bad films gave me the courage to try making a movie
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Film Hollywood Trying
Don’t get obsessed with not liking a movie.
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Like Movie Obsessed
I’m just an old man and I smell bad, remember?
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Men Rejection Smell
Sanitised violence in movies has been accepted for years. What seems to upset everybody now is the showing of the consequences of violence.
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Upset Violence Years
The whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, ‘2001’ shows that what some people call ‘god’ is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don’t understand, they call ‘god’ -Stanley Kubrick, interview, 1963
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Ideas Ignorance People
Like the man said, can happiness buy money?
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Happiness Men Money
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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Apocalypse Program Thinking
The destruction of this planet would have no significance on a cosmic scale.
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Destruction Planets Scales
One man writes a novel. One man writes a symphony. It is essential that one man make a film.
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Men Symphony Writing
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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Heart Learning Moving
The screen is a magic medium.
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Magic Mediums Screen
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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Done Jobs Story
The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
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History Humour Political
I’m happy – at times – making films. I’m certainly unhappy not making films.
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All Film Making Time Unhappy

The whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, ‘2001’ shows that what some people call ‘god’ is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don’t understand, they call ‘god’ -Stanley Kubrick, interview, 1963

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The whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, ‘2001’ shows that what some people call ‘god’ is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don’t understand, they call ‘god’ -Stanley Kubrick, interview, 1963

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