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Stanley Kubrick Quotes

I never learned anything at all in school and didn't read a book for pleasure until I was 19 years old.

Stanley Kubrick

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american
Birth: July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999

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School Book Never Old Anything Read

We take what we do seriously, but we don't take ourselves too seriously, and I think that kind of helps us stay focused on what's important - and that is the music, our fans, and our families.

Music Stay Focused Think Seriously

I just hope that theaters remain. I think there's something very wonderful about getting into a dark room with a bunch of people. There's something cool about that. Brings us all together in one room where we can experience all those emotions.

Hope Experience Together People Cool

I take my dog, Fideo, out for a hike in Runyon Canyon three times a week. It's about 45 minutes round-trip with a variation of super steep hills and flat areas. He's always running ahead, which helps me push myself, especially up the hills.

Dog Myself Me Push Week Three

I'll try anything, but the pig testicles in Taiwan were a little much. Eh, it wasn't half bad. There was this one dish I had there, the translation is, 'The Monk Jumps over the Fence.' It's a fish dish with all these spices. It was beautiful, man - it was poetry. It had a whole story.

Beautiful Man Poetry Story Fish Pig

I was raised going to church every Sunday.

Church Sunday I Was Raised Going

There really isn't a dream role, but there's a dream situation where I could work with a director that I idolize. So, the idea of working with David Fincher or Paul Thomas Anderson or Wes Anderson or Scorsese or Spielberg or any of the guys I really idolize is a dream for me.

Work Me Dream Situation Director

I have a very thick skin altogether - surprisingly, many actors are rather fragile, but I get that of the 10 million people watching an episode, probably 3 million hate me, and I'm comfortable with that.

Hate People Me Skin Comfortable Get

When I was 23, I climbed this mountain in Alaska called Devil's Thumb alone. It was incredibly dangerous, and I did it because I thought that if I did something that hard and pulled it off, my life was gonna be transformed. And of course, nothing happened. But I get the search for purpose.

Life Alone Purpose Mountain Thought

I have always been interested in health care and doing something that is dramatic.

Health Care Doing Always Something

The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.'

Culture Man American Now Straw Used

Love without sex is still the most efficient form of hell known to man.

Love Man Hell Sex Without Still

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

Simple Song Easy Try Write Just

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