Asghar Farhadi Quotes
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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Greater self-esteem produces greater success, and greater success produces more high self-esteem, so it keeps on spiraling up.
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I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.
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I had a job as a paralegal. I drove a cab.
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
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Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.
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Modern society has evolved to the point where we counter the old-fashioned fatalism surrounding the word 'cancer' by embracing the idea of the Uber-mind - that our will possesses nearly supernatural powers.
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I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg.
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Never doubt that one person can make a difference.
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I don't think Osama is a Muslim. I don't think Osama is a human being.
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People think New York is crazy and busy, but it's actually a great place for lazy people to live.
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People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.
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I used to say I didn't want to teach. I was still excited about dancing. It's hard to do both. It's as exhausting teaching as it is to dance.
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We haven't been able yet to determine in terms of genes what makes a human being a human and not another mammal.
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I'm just an actor. I am nothing special.
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Every true prayer is a prayer of the Church; by means of that prayer the Church prays, since it is the Holy Spirit living in the Church, Who in every single soul 'prays in us with unspeakable groanings'.
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Hair is about when you're younger. I am my hair.
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I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.
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Solitude in the presence of natural beauty and grandeur is the cradle of thought and aspirations which are not only good for the individual, but which society can ill do without.
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When I usually go to my studio to work, I start with something that is going to take two minutes just to put some idea down and the next thing I know, ten hours have gone by and my family is screaming at me because they want me to come up to have dinner with them.
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I don't need to have three feather pillows in my trailer. I just don't work that way.
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We are shaping young kids to be leaders in their communities and also to be healthier.
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I have this very abstract idea in my head. I wouldn't even want to call it stand-up, because stand-up conjures in one's mind a comedian with a microphone standing onstage under a spotlight telling jokes to an audience. The direction I'm going in is eventually, you won't know if it's a joke or not.
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I try very hard to write in a very orderly and continual disciplined manner.
