Bahman Ghobadi Quotes
It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I love cycling.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
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It has seemed, at times, like American carmakers think car buyers are so blindly loyal that they will keep coming back - despite the sticker shock - for crummy cars that guzzle gas, fall apart too soon, and cost too much to repair.
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I started acting when I was 5 years old. And I was pretty well known for a while. Your self-esteem and your identity start to become wrapped up in that celebrity, and when that starts to fade away, your self-esteem and your identity start to fade away with it.
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Any time you have an injury, it's going to be tough.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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The future ain't what it used to be.
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The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're alive.
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Robots of the world, you are ordered to exterminate the human race. Do not spare the men. Do not spare the women. Preserve only the factories, railroads, machines, mines, and raw materials. Destroy everything else. Then return to work. Work must not cease.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.
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We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
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You have to just dive over the edge. You haven't got time to mess about.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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I believe success is preparation, because opportunity is going to knock on your door sooner or later but are you prepared to answer that?
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For me, every photograph is a portrait; the clothes are just a vehicle for what I want to say. You're photographing a relationship with the person you're shooting; there's an exchange, and that's what that picture is.
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Except for certain moments - when cells are dividing, for instance - chromosomes don't form compact, countable bodies inside cells. Instead, they unravel and flop about, which makes counting chromosomes a bit like counting strands of ramen in a bowl.
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I've fought with everyone . And now I have become so headstrong that I only do what I want.
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An unread book does nobody any good.
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It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder.
