Abbas Kiarostami Quotes

Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

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• I listen to 'deep dish house'.

  

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• I've always liked to dress up; I've always liked to look good. You look good, you feel good, you play good.

  

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• It used to hurt me that people thought I didn't have the technique and the temperament to play Test cricket.

  

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• I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.

  

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• I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think it's just so fabulous to laugh. I don't mind if people think, either. I think the brain is a very sexy organ.

  

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• I have a pickup truck. And I prefer to be with dogs or on my sailboat than in a car - actually, more than any other place on Earth.

  

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• Reading galleys on the subway is the closest the publishing industry comes to having a standardized mating call.

  

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• What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.

  

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• So I felt, well, I'll make the money and, with the money, do what I want to do.

  

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• I do not believe in abortion at will. I do not believe that if a woman just wants to have an abortion she should... I do believe if you have an abortion you are committing murder.

  

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• The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.

  

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• It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you need is a Steam account. That changes a whole bunch of stuff. It's kind of a boring 'gee, information processing changes a stuff' story, but it's going to have an impact on every single company.

  

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• Religion works on some people but not on everyone, because it says, 'Stop thinking and accept what I tell you.' That's not valid for people who want to think and reflect.

  

  Abbas Kiarostami
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Stop