Mohammad Javad Zarif Quotes
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If my love is without sacrifice, it is selfish. Such a love is barter, for there is exchange of love and devotion in return for something. It is conditional love.
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I can't speak for readers in general, but personally I like to read stories behind which there is some truth, something real and above all, something emotional. I don't like to read essays on literature; I don't like to read critical or rational or impersonal or cold disquisitions on subjects.
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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The fairytale has turned into a nightmare.
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My biggest hero was Roman Gabriel, who was the QB of the Rams, and Roger Staubach. Those were the two guys I tired to emulate when I was little.
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One of the most interesting aspects of the film project was collaborating with so many people - directors, filmmakers, and writers - over a five-year period. I learned that there are two components to this.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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A writer wants something more than money for his work: he wants permanence.
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People always think I'm Jewish and changed my last name from Rabinowitz.
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This country is becoming increasingly authoritarian. It's based on capital punishment.
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A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary results of their laborious existence, and do not belong either to climate or constitution.
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I always gravitate towards characters that are so opposite of me.
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If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.
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I've been so spoiled in the theater, writing plays where I can just do exactly what I want and nobody messes with me.
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That's the great thing about art. Anybody can do it if you just believe. With practice, you can make great paintings.
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Paris by night is a nightmare now. It is not a cliche anymore.
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Everyone in the entertainment business gets crappy contracts when we start out, and into the middle of our careers. It's the nature of the business.
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You learn from mistakes, but Shakespeare is one big non mistake isn't he? He just got everything right really.
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I think government has a major role to play in helping us with the pursuit of happiness.
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We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
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I'm not saying Cubans don't deserve asylum, but if it is a national security issue, there are people who are coming from Cuba on hijacked airplanes. Why isn't that a national security issue?
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We need to use the United Nations Security Council and believe that preserving law and order in today's complex and turbulent world is one of the few ways to keep international relations from sliding into chaos. The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not.
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You cannot have security at the expense of the insecurity of others.
