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" The universe is not harmonious: you know that by looking outside. "
Werner Herzog
Looking
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" I could not become an American citizen. I would not like to become a citizen of a country that has capital punishment. "
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" I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews. "
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" You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates. "
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" Let's put it this way: art house theaters are vanishing. They have almost disappeared completely, and that means there's a shift in what audiences want to see. And they have to be aware of that and be realistic. It's as simple as that. "
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" I'm not a journalist; I'm a poet. "
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" I'm not very eager to sit and look at my films all the time. "
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" The world reveals itself to those who travel on foot. "
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" If you do not have an absolutely clear vision of something, where you can follow the light to the end of the tunnel, then it doesn't matter whether you're bold or cowardly, or whether you're stupid or intelligent. Doesn't get you anywhere. "
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" Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness. "
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" I'm simply not afraid. It's not in my dictionary of behaviour. "
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" I despise formal restaurants. I find all of that formality to be very base and vile. I would much rather eat potato chips on the sidewalk. "
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" Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault. "
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" Yes, the pyramids have been built, but if you give me 300,000 disciplined men and give me 30 years, I could build a bigger one. "
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" Life on our planet has been a constant series of cataclysmic events, and we are more suitable for extinction than a trilobite or a reptile. So we will vanish. There's no doubt in my heart. "
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" Perhaps I seek certain utopian things, space for human honour and respect, landscapes not yet offended, planets that do not exist yet, dreamed landscapes. "
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" I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground. "
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