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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.

— Stanley Kubrick

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I have always enjoyed dealing with a slightly surrealistic situation and presenting it in a realistic manner.

Kubrick : Inside a Film Artist's Maze (2000)

I don't like doing interviews. There is always the problem of being misquoted or, what's even worse, of being quoted exactly.

Kubrick on Barry Lyndon : An interview with Michel Ciment (1982)

The great nations have always acted like gangsters, and the small nations like prostitutes.

Interest can produce learning on a scale compared to fear as a nuclear explosion to a firecracker.

Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine (2013)

I think the big mistake in schools is trying to teach children anything, and by using fear as the basic motivation.

Stanley Kubrick at Look Magazine (2013)

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