Mira Nair Quotes
We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.
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People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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Feminism remains something that needs to be explained to people.
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People often ask me why I don't take up more heroine-oriented roles. My question is, 'Where are these roles?' I really appreciate actresses who sign only films with meaty roles. However, there aren't too many of them. The industry is simply male-dominated.
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For some reason, I seem to be bothered whenever I see acts of injustice and assaults on people's civil liberties. I imagine what I write in the future will follow in that vein. Whether it's fiction or non-fiction.
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The smart way to build a literary career is you create an identifiable product, then reliably produce that product so people know what they are going to get. That's the smart way to build a career, but not the fun way. Maybe you can think about being less successful and happier. That's an option, too.
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Too many people expect wonders from democracy, when the most wonderful thing of all is just having it.
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Outstanding people have one thing in common: An absolute sense of mission.
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I grew up with horrible skin. I had cystic acne ever since I can remember. I ended up finally listening to those people who say you are what you eat.
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People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
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I don't believe in killing people. I believe in locking you up for the rest of your life.
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The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
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The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like Afghanistan cannot be left to break up into anarchy and chaos without consequences for the whole world.
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Making people laugh is what I really enjoy.
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People need to have enough to eat and have work and money. But there are other things that are important.
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What I want to know is how the white man, with the blood of black people dripping off his fingers, can have the audacity to be asking black people, 'Do they hate him?' That takes a lot of nerve.
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For 8 years now I've been addicted to cold turkey. When I tell people I'm quitting cold turkey, they say,'What are you quitting?', I'm fucking quitting cold turkey.
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We want all the Palestinians back in their homeland, and then there can be a fair referendum for people to choose the form of state they want. Whoever gets the majority can rule.
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You shouldn’t be looking for the secret to making people follow fads, you should be looking for the secret to making them think for themselves. Because that’s what science is all about.
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Even if it is difficult playing with other people - sometimes it's great, sometimes it isn't, but that is kind of the point of it. It loses its point playing solo.
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I used to read reviews - I read a lot of the reviews when I did 'Borgen,' but the thing is, people were so harsh that I talked to my wife about it, and I said this is too tough - the people are too personal and too idiotic to understand it, in my mind.
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The conceptual artist Ai WeiWei illustrates the schizoid society that rapid change has produced - sometimes by reassembling Ming-style furniture into absurd and useless arrangements, or by carefully painting and antiquing a Coca-Cola logo on an ancient Chinese pot.
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Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all.
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My family has equally suffered abductions, attacks and life threats, but I have continued my struggle for justice.
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We all know the power of film; we all know there's almost nothing more powerful than to see people on film that look and talk like you, like we do.
