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I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want to leave to my offspring a clear idea about identity.

~Emir Kusturica

Topics: About Also Clear Death Every Idea Identity Leave Life My Life Now Offspring Question Reached Related Thinking Want Year

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I am very impulsive and very stupid sometimes, but I am very clean.

~Emir Kusturica

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I started moving towards Serbia when I felt my country, Yugoslavia, was being taken away from me. My feeling of nationality was not as strong as those around me who were attaching themselves to these absurd new entities.

~Emir Kusturica

Topics: Absurd Around Away Being Country Entities Feeling Felt Me Moving Nationality New Serbia Started Strong Taken Themselves Those Towards Were Who Yugoslavia

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I am not trying to say I'm a genius, but 'Underground' was the strongest attack there has been on Milosevic. It is about a man who locks his friends in a cellar for 40 years and convinces them that the war is still going on. He uses them, but they still think he is a great guy. And this was shown in every cinema in Serbia.

~Emir Kusturica

Topics: About Am Attack Been Cellar Cinema Every Friends Genius Going Great Great Guy Guy He His Locks Man Say Serbia Shown Still Strongest Them Think Trying Underground Uses War Who Years I Am

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I am my best enemy.

~Emir Kusturica

Topics: Am Best Enemy I Am

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I know it is crazy, but I want to create a place where people can come in an organised way to think differently, to think their own thoughts.

~Emir Kusturica

Topics: Come Crazy Create Differently Know Organised Own People Place Think Thoughts Want Way Where

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Most people only remember Maradona for the bad parts now. But he was a genius, someone who lifted us and himself up to the level of the gods.

~Emir Kusturica

Topics: Bad Genius Gods He Himself Level Lifted Most Now Only Parts People Remember Someone Up Us Who

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If you say morality is just what you like, you lose the metaphysical level of what in the history of philosophy is called 'categorical imperative.'

~Emir Kusturica

Topics: Categorical History Imperative Just Level Like Lose Metaphysical Morality Philosophy Say The History Of You

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I am somebody who respects Putin highly, but I'm not somebody who is against America.

~Emir Kusturica

Topics: Against Am America Highly Putin Respects Somebody Who I Am

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My relationship with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is very clear: respect. We met a couple of times; once I received a medal from him. I respect hugely how he brought Russia back from its knees.

~Emir Kusturica

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Biography

Nationality: Serbian

Type: Director

Born: November 24th, 1954

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