Krzysztof Kieślowski on "The Double of life of Véronique" (1991):
"'The Double of life of Véronique' (1991) is about sensibility, presentiments and relationships which are difficult to name, which are irrational. Showing this on film is difficult: if I show too much the mystery disappears; I can't show too little because then nobody will understand anything. My search for the right balance between the obvious and the mysterious is the reason for all the various versions made in the cutting room.
Véronique is a typical example of a film about a woman because women feel things more acutely, have more presentiments, greater sensitivity, greater intuition and attribute more importance to all these things. Véronique couldn't have been made about a man."
('Kieślowski on Kieślowski', edited by Danusia Stok, 1993)
“50 years since I left Wichita in 1922 at the age of 15 to become a dancer.-
How I have existed fills me with horror. For I have failed in everything -- spelling, arithmetic riding tennis, golf; dancing, singing, acting; wife, mistress, whore, friend. Even cooking-“
Louise Brooks
If you feel like you're bad at your job and it's making you depressed, just consider that, as the investigation of the recent heist revealed, the password to access the Louvre's videosurveillance system was "Louvre".
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2025 #NobelPeacePrize to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
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@PM_ViktorOrban No, Victor. The incident proves you should get off the fence and condemn Russian aggression. We ask you to unblock the disbursement of EU funds for defence, approve tougher sanctions on the aggressor and withdraw your veto on starting Ukraine's EU accession negotiations.
A recent hike in Krkonoše gave me not only sunburn, but also the inspiration to write this article for June – about why a particular major European river is known in German as the 'Elbe', but in Czech as the 'Labe'.
Charlemagne makes an appearance too.
https://t.co/ElY1Qd2asP
After all, the best plan would probably be in some clever way to raise a certain amount of money, and to go south with you forever to some island or lake.
Franz Kafka, 1913.
2 February, 1936 (Paris)
My sweet darling, my love, you’re silent; please, write; from time to time - on the street or in the midst of a conversation, a thought about you… pierces me right through.