Anybody who runs is a VC. Anybody who stands still is a well-disciplined VC.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe 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
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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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’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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I’m happy – at times – making films. I’m certainly unhappy not making films.
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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’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.
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Everybody has their black moments.
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The screen is a magic medium.
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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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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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Here’s to five miserable months on the wagon and the irreparable harm that it’s caused me.
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Like the man said, can happiness buy money?
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The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
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The dead know only one thing, it is better to be alive
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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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