Abraham Polonsky Professions : Film director Born : December 5, 1910 Died : October 26, 1999 Browse All Authors Top 21 quotes by Abraham Polonsky A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead. Abraham Polonsky celebrate-life holiday long I'll kill you with my own hands rather than let you put the mark of Cain on my brother! Abraham Polonsky betrayal loyalty brother What are you gonna do? Kill me? Everybody dies. Abraham Polonsky kill-me dies First of all, directing is an idea that you have of a total flow of images that are going on, which are incidentally actors, words, and objects in space. It's an idea you have of yourself, like the idea you have of your own personality which finds its best representation in the world in terms of specific flows of imaginary images. That's what directing is. Abraham Polonsky space personality ideas Twenty years ago I wanted to move to a nice place so our Charley would grow up a nice boy and learn a profession. But instead we live in a jungle, so he can only be a wild animal. D'you think I picked the East Side like Columbus picked America? Abraham Polonsky growing-up nice children Money has no moral opinions. Abraham Polonsky moral opinion money If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody. Abraham Polonsky lucky-day lucky danger A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said. Abraham Polonsky remember trying men Directors are like generals, political dictators, aggressive people...And everyone in the film is always grateful if you can tell them what to do. Abraham Polonsky grateful political people You must never throw away things that are worth good money. Abraham Polonsky good-money Today in Germany, everyone is being watched--even the watchers. Abraham Polonsky germany conspiracy today Kids win this'n'that every day. Thousands of them. One out of a hundred fights professionally. One out of a thousand's worth watchin', one out of a million's worth coffee and doughnuts. Abraham Polonsky coffee fighting kids This is Wall Street, and today is important. Because tomorrow, July 4th, I intended to make my first million dollars--an excitingday in a man's life. The enterprise was slightly illegal. Abraham Polonsky wall 4th-of-july money I don't take no dive for nobody. Whaddya think I am, a tanker! Abraham Polonsky honor integrity thinking It's perversion. Don't you see what it is? It's not natural. To go to great expense for something you want, that's natural. To reach out to take it, that's human, that's natural. But to get your pleasure from not taking, from cheating yourself deliberately like my brother did today, from not getting, from not taking. Don't you see what a black thing that is for a man to do? How it is to hate yourself? Abraham Polonsky hate brother cheating I want to be a fighter. So fight for something! Not for money. Abraham Polonsky money fighting character Indians don't last in prison. They weren't born for it like the whites. Abraham Polonsky born lasts prison What do you mean "gangsters"? It's business. Abraham Polonsky gangsters mean A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up. Abraham Polonsky celebrate holiday relaxation Do you know what it's like to love and be alone? Abraham Polonsky do-you-know knows Similar Authors Alex Graves film-director Brad Furman film-director Bryan Singer film-director Bruno Dumont film-director Bruce McDonald film-director Bruce Brown film-director All Authors
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