I, uh, don’t think it’s quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.
STANLEY KUBRICKThe great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
More Stanley Kubrick Quotes
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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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All my life I’ve always spoiled the things that meant the most to me.
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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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I’m not afraid of dying tomorrow, only of being killed.
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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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The very meaninglessness of life forces man to create his own meaning.
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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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Like the man said, can happiness buy money?
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Anybody who runs is a VC. Anybody who stands still is a well-disciplined VC.
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How does anybody ever think of anything?
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The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.
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You’re an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.
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Shooting a movie is the worst milieu for creative work ever devised by man.
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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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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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