Taslima Nasrin Quotes
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I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something.
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Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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Sometimes what I think what the news is missing is the human element, the connection - the moment that you look into a little girl's eyes or a father who has just left his family and risked everything just to try and survive.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
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Before I was 5, I did have a lot of time on my hands. I had no job and really no career, and I spent an awful lot of time listening to records. It was more the classical ones, really - Prokofiev, and I think there was some Mozart in there, and more impressionistic composers like Delius.
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When I grow older and less popular, there will come a time when I have to shoot films on low budgets.
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I've actually done a lot of comedy.
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Sometimes we do things that are really awful.
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I got a bike when I was little, a BMX. I called it 'Fido Dido' after the tough little cartoon guy with spiked hair. I thought he was the coolest thing ever.
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Let us advance science to create a better world for all.
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I did documentaries for maybe 10 years before I turned to fiction films.
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I am a free man. I don't need to earn money. But I need to love what I do.
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I didn't beat her. I just pushed her out of bed.
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People think, 'Jack, you do too much.'
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You've got to take the bitter with the sour.
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We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.
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I had a Taco Bell audition where I had to wear a huge sombrero and walk around like an idiot. I got call-backs for the movie 'Twister,' did small independent stuff that I won't name. But it led to all my breakthrough moments on 'Entourage.'
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My rising is thy fall
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Real love is a cosmic force which goes through us. If we crystallize it, it becomes the greatest power in the world.
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My father and I, we can't soothe each other. I'm too young, he's too old, and we don't know how to talk anymore if we ever did...
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I'm going to join them", he said. And he did. When Sveva fled, Rath stayed and fought with the rebels. And died with them, right there at the toes of the mountains. And was dragged with them into a big pile. And burned
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It is unfair to label me anti-Islam. I am an atheist and a secular humanist.
