The term 'giant' is used too often to describe artists. But in the case of Akira Kurosawa, we have one of the rare instances where the term fits.
quote by Martin Scorsese
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In a mad world, only the mad are sane.
quote by Akira Kurosawa
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In a mad world only the mad are sane.
quote by Akira Kurosawa
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.
quote by Akira Kurosawa
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I'm much more attracted personally to governments going their full term. It's very hard to have a fixed term election I know with ah... a parliamentary democracy, but I've always had an instinct to say there should be a fixed term.
quote by Jim Bolger
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Synaptic summation is the technical term used in neurophysiology for those instances in which some neuron C is fired only by a combination of neurons A and B.
quote by Gregory Bateson
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Movie directors, or should I say people who create things, are very greedy and they can never be satisfied... That's why they can keep on working. I've been able to work for so long because I think next time, I'll make something good.
quote by Akira Kurosawa
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
quote by Lord Acton
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My first priority is growing this economy in the long term, and stimulating it in the short term.
quote by Robert Menendez
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A pure mathematical series would be one in which each term is derived from the preceding term by a rule.
quote by George Oppen
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The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.
I never believed that surrendering the executive power should be a condition of getting the second term. The second term should stand on its own feet.
quote by Jim Gilmore
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It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term.
quote by Peter Mandelson
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'Mad' is a term we use to describe a man who is obsessed with one idea and nothing else.
I would have to challenge the term, modern dance. I don't really use that term in relation to my work. I simply think of it as dancing. I think of it as moving.
quote by Twyla Tharp
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Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term.
quote by Carl Sagan
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We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue.
quote by Bruce Babbitt
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But obviously, we can't afford to make some bad long-term decisions with regard to basic commitments our country has - trade those away for some short-term assistance that may or may not be there a month from now.
quote by Fred Thompson
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Action leads to Attention. that in the short-term releases Rewarding brain chemicals and in the long term improves reproductive success.
quote by Keith Henson
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This bill is the legislative equivalent of crack. It yields a short-term high but does long-term damage to the system and it's expensive to boot.
quote by Barney Frank
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Simple Observation #227 - Most people sacrifice long term......
Most people sacrifice long term substantial gains for short term fleeting pleasures
and so they squander their inheritance which consists of blissful heavenly treasures.
poem by George Krokos
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