Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
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Remember who you are and where you come from; otherwise, you don't know where you are going.
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I'm French - it's less important. Meaning, I remain a Frenchman in America, but I adapt to American culture. I feel good there - but I'm still a foreigner.
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You CAN have it all. You just can't have it all at once.
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When you are dining with a demon, you got to have a long spoon.
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If you look at my career, doing albums with Norah Jones, Justin Timberlake, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne or KRS-One and Jean Grae, I can't be pigeonholed.
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Success must never be measured by how much money you have.
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You wouldn't have won if we'd beaten you.
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I read the Steve Jobs book, and that kind of changed everything. I've been, like, an Apple geek my whole life and have always seen him as a hero. But reading the book, and learning about how he built the company, and maintaining that corporate culture and all that, I think that influenced me a lot.
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It's called talent. I just have it. I can't explain it. You either have it or you don't.
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I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
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I think I've written about family and things in 'Taipei' which could be considered Asian culture.
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Womanhood is something you don't consider until it hits you.
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People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.
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You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.
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You don't dream about things that are impossible; that are out of your range.
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I've experienced poverty and plenty, and there's a lesson to be learned when you're brought up in poverty.
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Love, and do what you like.
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When you meet the love of your life, it's just obvious and natural and easier.
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I've found the world's most versatile word - 'cheeky.' The amount of ways you guys can use the word 'cheeky' is quite impressive.
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Each culture has some knowledge. That's why I studied with Saj Dev, an Indian flute player. That's why I studied Stockhausen's music. The pygmies' music of the rain forest is very rich music. So the knowledge is out there. And I also believe one should seek knowledge from the cradle to the grave. With that kind of inquisitiveness, one discovers things that were unknown before.
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I was a perfectionist in gymnastics.
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You learn early as an actor that creating your own material is the only way to have any control.
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In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.
