Aman Mojadidi Quotes
I looked into corruption in Afghanistan through a work called 'Payback' and impersonated a police officer, set up a fake checkpoint on the street in Kabul and stopped cars, but instead of asking them for a bribe, offered them money and apologized on behalf of the Kabul Police Department.
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I like being from a city that is not entrenched in show business. When you're in New York City or Los Angeles, even if you're not dealing with show business, there's still this sense that it's the center of the universe.
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It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
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After high school, I went to the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point for a year, and I studied musical theatre. By that point, I was like, 'This is what I want to do.'
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But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
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Americans are really obsessed with their teeth being white and straight, aren't they? I saw this little girl the other day with one of those whole head braces. Elastic all the way around! How traumatizing for a child to have to wear one of those! You look like a monster.
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You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.
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Most of the important composers in our country are clustered in the Northeast.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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At the Museum of Roman Art, the logic of the forms is very much modern. But in spite of that, the idea of the construction could be related to a historical time.
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In this world without quiet corners, there can be no easy escapes from history, from hullabaloo, from terrible, unquiet fuss.
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You don't have to do everything by the time you're 30. Or 40. All you need is a work ethic. It's what allows you to push through moments of disappointment and self-doubt and fear.
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It's fun to play dress up for work, but when you have those off-days, it's nice to just be low-key.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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Communism, like any other revealed religion, is largely made up of prophecies.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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My journey has been that of a character actor.
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Sometimes I'm more stubborn than I am smart.
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I'd probably put myself in the top 1% in knowledge of blight in the city of Detroit.
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On 'You're fired!': There's a beauty in those two words. When you utter those words, there's very little that can be said. There's a succinctness to those words.
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Well, my husband is supportive of my work, like advocating for dialogue between cultures on YouTube.
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I grew up in an era where you had to find your own way as a woman. When I was a kid, there was this whole physical and emotional neatness and purity that a woman was supposed to have, and I didn't fit into that.
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I feel like I have a kind of mirror blindness where it's hard for me to characterize or analyze my own work. I suspect I'm not unique in this regard.
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I looked into corruption in Afghanistan through a work called 'Payback' and impersonated a police officer, set up a fake checkpoint on the street in Kabul and stopped cars, but instead of asking them for a bribe, offered them money and apologized on behalf of the Kabul Police Department.
