Asghar Farhadi Quotes
I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.
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You're never going to read 'The Wealth of Nations,' and you shouldn't, really. It's 900 pages.
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An unlimited America was the vision for the nation set forth by our Founding Fathers. It is the vision enshrined in those two great charters of freedom: our Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. Many of America's most intractable problems stem from the fact that we have strayed from that vision - and lost direction.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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Every body about me seem'd happy but every body seem'd in a hurry to be happy somewhere else.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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Playing the priest on 'Oz' was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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Life in a Chinese village is much more organised because the Chinese Communist Party has a presence even in the remotest Chinese village - a presence of the kind that no governmental or non-governmental organisation has in Indian villages.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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I like making sci-fi movies because I like watching sci-fi movies. I like watching horror. I like being in a horror movie. I'm a fan. My perspective's a little different just because I get to participate as well as spectate.
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I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.
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I know this is rather trivial - I will not be very deep about this - but it's great when you call the hottest restaurant in town and ask for a table for five at 8:00 P.M., and they say, 'Okay,' instead of, 'You have to wait two months.'
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The Analytical Engine has no pretensions whatever to originate anything. It can do whatever we know how to order it to perform... But it is likely to exert an indirect and reciprocal influence on science itself.
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After 50, the rock 'n' roll road is a little absurd. It's very difficult to play these little places. You're out there on a rickety old bus with no place to shower.
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Once I'm awake, I'm awake, which helps when you have to run in the mornings.
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No hero in your tragedy,No daring in your escape,No salutes for your surrender,Nothing noble in your fate,Christ, what have you done? - The Pass (1989)
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You feel the music needs something but you don't know what. So you start searching, fitting, measuring, trying. Every time you try another angle. And sometimes that's frustrating, especially if you don't come up with something for three days.
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I am two fools, I know, for loving, and for saying so in whining poetry.
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I've always been a very young person with a very old soul.
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I gained a great deal from the period during which I worked in theater and I value those things a great deal.
