Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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Regardless of what the record is, what the score is, you always go out there and compete.
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NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.
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I think it's less common in France that a man at the age of 50 buys a Porsche and gets a young girlfriend.
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The violence and burnings in Lebanon were the work of Syrian soldiers and workers dressed in civilian clothes.
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I prepare myself to fight; I prepare myself for myself.
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America, ladies and gentlemen, has done more for me financially than Britain ever has, or ever could have done.
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The pace of television is very different from film.
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I was so young, and making movies, going to the studio every morning at dawn was magic.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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Waiting for me in Stockholm will be a personal assistant - Katrina from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs - as well the secretary of the Swedish Academy. They'll help us with our things and take us to our hotel. From the moment I arrive, I'll always be together with the other two laureates.
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Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not want to give it.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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Ticketmaster does not set prices. Live Nation does not set ticket prices. Artists set ticket prices.
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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.
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If I could meet Quentin Tarantino, I don't know if I'd just ask him one question. I'd probably milk it into, like, 500 questions.
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The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society.
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If you're against globalisation, it doesn't achieve much by sort of bombing the head offices of Shell or Nestle. You unsettle people much more by blowing up an Oxfam shop because people can't understand the motive.
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My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy. When I was 15 we had a fight, and I didn't speak to him for 10 years.
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Without challenges we would literally wither and die which also would be perfect.
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I like 'Glee' a lot. It's kind of like my guilty pleasure.
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I never intended to become a run-of-the-mill person.
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My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.
