Mohsen Makhmalbaf Quotes
I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know it at the time.
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
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I am a danger to myself if I get angry.
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I'd love a werebear. But I guess you need that seductive element of danger. And though bears can be dangerous, when you say werebear it just sounds kind of cuddly. Probably has a rainbow on his belly.
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To a profound pessimist about life, being in danger is not depressing.
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Danger is ever-present in life, more for some than others.
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When we preach the love of God there is a danger of forgetting that the Bible reveals not first the love of God but the intense, blazing holiness of God, with His love at the center of that holiness.
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The greatest danger in art is too much knowledge.
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If we are to assume that North Korea becomes a nuclear-power state, of course the danger of having an all-out nuclear war, that possibility is very slim.
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For anybody that works in any kind of demining or any kind of humanitarian aid work, there is danger and it's always a high-risk area [in Cambodia].
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When a house is on fire and you know that there are people in it, it is a sin to straighten pictures in that house. When the world about you is in great danger, works that are in themselves not sinful can be quite wrong.
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The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
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In every sort of danger there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever.
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I made one great mistake in my life-when I signed the letter to President Roosevelt recommending that atom bombs be made but there was some justification-the danger that the Germans would make them.
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danger is a biologic necessity, like dreams. if you face death, for that time, for the period of direct confrontation, you are immortal.
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You must not think That we are made of stuff so fat and dull That we can let our beard be shook with danger And think it pastime.
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The Soviet Union needs thinking and critical friends, such as are capable not only of singing hymns in the hours of success, but of not shrinking in the hour of defeat and danger.
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Danger arouses interest. Where death is involved, the vilest criminal invariably stirs a little compassion.
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Panic causes tunnel vision. Calm acceptance of danger allows us to more easily assess the situation and see the options.
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A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
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When starting to think about any novel, part of the motive is: I'm going to show them, this time.
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People are too keen to follow standard preconceptions of how organisations should work. All too often, we feel that we are unable to make changes and so hope that someone, somewhere in your organisation knows what we are doing and what the overall aim is.
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I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers, though I didn't know it at the time.
