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"Only one thing is certain: if pot is legalized, it won't be for our benefit but for the authorities. To have it legalized will also be to lose control of it."

"Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock."

"But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened."

"There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension."

"Liberty is the prevention of control by others."

"You put the thing that does the killing between your teeth, but you never give it the power to kill you."
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"I met The Beatles and Stones at the same time, because Michael Cooper was doing several of their album covers."

"For a director and a producer to be named on the writing credits is practically unheard of."

"When Kubrick decided to go the black comedy route with his movie, he thought of me to give it that flavor."

"Sometimes we would be staked out in the middle of the river, several barges tied together. So we could party."

"The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish."

"Grossing Out dealt with the western nations selling arms to the Third World and exploiting these countries."

"It's often the case with directors that they don't like to share credit, which is the case of Stanley. He would prefer just A Film By Stanley Kubrick including music and everything."
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