Abbas Kiarostami Quotes
I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
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I don't ever have the pressure of making a hit, because I've never had a hit song, per se. The closest thing to a hit song was 'Shiraz,' and it's not your prototypical hit song, with a catchy hook and all this other stuff.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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That's what I like about Neil Jordan's films: everyone is better at what they do than you are.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the gut to the heart to the head of a character is the same journey for both.
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One definition of noir is where a not-so-good man or woman tries to touch something good - and fails.
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The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.
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I vowed to myself when I got married that I would cook every night. I find it very therapeutic.
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All I can say is that I did admire 'The Lives of Others', which I thought was really about something and beautifully done.
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Being Iraqi taught me to be very cautious.
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Oh I've done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I'm a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.
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Act because you love to act.
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I got involved with an acting school and studied for a couple years. They used to have improv exercises that you would work on and you would do improvs.
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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Achievement results from work realizing ambition.
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I feel lucky because earlier in my career, I found what I liked to do; it's build software that you see your friends using on the street, and they like it.
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In America, we have a government that some people believe is too big and overbearing, yet, when it comes to guns, we might as well have no government at all.
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I always make it a point to pick songs on which players really shine.
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When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.
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All season, we haven't given in to the adversity. (Monday), at times, we gave in to all of the negatives.
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I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns.
