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I am about to get involved with the biggest cancer hospital in Norway. They are building a fitness center to work with patients. I will be a consultant. ↗

— Grete Waitz

#am #biggest #building #cancer #center

The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running. ↗

— Grete Waitz

#had #i #injury #running #stress

A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#budget #committed #filmmaking #find #funds

Cinemas gained new young audiences who wanted films made for them. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#cinemas #films #gained #made #new

Even better, there were established two separate committees deciding on state film funding. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#committees #deciding #established #even #film

Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#communism #like #own #people #stuff

In the same period, Polish literature also underwent some significant changes. From social-political literature, which had a great tradition and strong motivation to be that way, Polish literature changed its focus to a psychological rather than a social one. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#changed #changes #focus #great #had

It was progressively more difficult to find work in the theatre, as well. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#find #more #progressively #theatre #well

On the one hand, we had great filmic spectacles that brought in big audiences, adults as well as primary and secondary school students. On the other hand, there were attempts to create contemporary Polish film. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#audiences #big #brought #contemporary #create

On the one hand, young theatre directors were coming to television theatre, because they wanted to get closer to the cinema, despite having studied and worked for the theatre. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#cinema #closer #coming #despite #directors