Farah Pahlavi (Farah Diba) Quotes
In Iran, as in all developing countries, they wanted to copy the outside world, without knowing what was good for our own country.
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If you make a film too American, it won't travel. It will have no life outside of its own country.
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'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
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Ultimately, I don't think even a five-company platform oligopoly is good for consumer tech. By its very nature, it handicaps independent companies with new ideas. But it will end one day. I just don't know when.
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When I first came out, country wouldn't touch me because I was way too rock, and rock wouldn't touch me because I was definitely country.
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We played 'Girl in a Country Song' in front of Scott Borchetta, and he loved it.
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I'm not going to give up salt and sugar because I want to look like Adriana Lima. But I am going to work out to make myself feel good in my own body.
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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My thing about going to the gym is that I leave my bracelets on, and I put on my makeup the way I would do it in real life, and I wear cute clothes, because if I don't feel good when I leave the house, then I'm not motivated to do it. I need to like how I look while I'm doing it.
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Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.
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I love a good fight and I think a bad fight can ruin a movie. I really do.
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I do not follow the rules of fashion, and I don't like to be considered a man of the world of fashion. I like to call it the 'style industry' because we try to work on taste.
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I talk periodically with the producers at EA and I try to be as honest as possible because as great as EA does, you just don't want to hear good things. These people are really passionate about making games and making them as realistic as possible.
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America is unique in the world. If you don't believe that, just ask someone from another country.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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A good book is a good book. End of story.
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God has definitely been good to me.
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In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money.
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Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
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Even very young children need to be informed about dying. Explain the concept of death very carefully to your child. This will make threatening him with it much more effective.
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How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you're doing?
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It’s a pleasure that you don’t outgrow the anthology.
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At this time I had complete confidence in Russian policy and believed that the Western Allies deliberately allowed Germany and Russia to fight each other to death.
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In Iran, as in all developing countries, they wanted to copy the outside world, without knowing what was good for our own country.
