Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.
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No one has to learn to spell to talk, right? You see a little kid holding a conversation with an adult. He probably doesn't know the words he's saying, but he knows where to fit them to make what he's thinking logical to what you're saying.
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I don't think it is important to be a role model, because if you are a role model, you are pretending to be someone else.
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I didn't have outstanding numbers coming out of college and I'm not 6'6 with 230 lbs.
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Israelis want peace and security, and Palestinians want peace and justice - these are two very different things, and this is the real gap we have to close.
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Character, I am sure, lies in the genes.
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I was complexed and awkward that I was good for nothing and was always lying. I would lie to my school friends that I was a stud in my colony and to my colony friends that I was a stud in the school cricket and football teams, though I was in no team.
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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I wonder sometimes why the U.S. reviewers are more negative towards turn-based battle systems.
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It's well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.
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The thing that I took away as an early fan from Bob Dylan was the storytelling aspects. He can tell some wicked stories.
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I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.
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Not raising the debt ceiling is not an automatic trigger for a default.
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Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.
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I want to know who my client is. I see her on Instagram, but it's another thing to get to chat with her.
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An actor is working steady if he's active four to six months a year.
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When I first started out as a young journalist, I know that on at least two occasions, when I walked into a newsroom, I knew I was replacing the black person in that job.
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Boxing is real easy. Life is much harder.
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Is there discrimination against women? Yes. There's no denying that the old boys' network is alive and well. But there's also discrimination against men.
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Survival must come before civilization.
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I live with my family on the top of a hill in the country, and during the days, my house is quiet, save for the occasional excitement of the FedEx truck heading up the driveway. I write.
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I used to sail a lot in all kinds of weather, competing on small sailboats in the ocean. And I travel a lot in Iceland on horses every summer, through the wild areas where there's no inhabitants and there are volcanoes.
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I'm very happy with the way I look. I wake up some morning, catch myself in the bathroom mirror, and go, 'hey girl, you're alright'. But on the other hand, I find the website stuff, and the polls, something completely removed from my own personal life. You can't take anything like that too seriously, otherwise you'd end up in the loony bin.
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You know you've made your mark when you're on the cover of a videogame.
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If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.
