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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It's a crazy world, so sports and athletics and music can be a form of escapism.
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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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I didn't get my first pilot that I screen-tested for, and I really thought it was the end of the world. But it's fine, you know, you move on to something else.
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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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I think every school in the world should have a sports program.
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QVC has been very good to me.
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You can't show a four-hour movie in a theater, really.
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I do voices. I can sound like a man or cartoon character. I also have very believable Spanish and English accents.
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I'm at the point where you look back on your life and reflect. I've always been an unbelievable critic of me. If we lost a game, I blamed myself every night. I'm very proud of some of the things I did as an athlete, as an executive.
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Being humble matters.
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I remember that Scott Jacoby was a nice young man.
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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.
