Abdolkarim Soroush Quotes
After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
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I'm 43. I'm not ready to sit down in a chair with my name on it yet.
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
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I want to pursue a career in film.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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I think, especially living in L.A., it's very easy to get wrapped up in weekend announcements and the trades and the whole social life of the city, and to get divorced from what actually matters.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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You go from thinking of yourself as primarily an individual to suddenly being a mother, first and foremost.
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Accept it or not, every star, actor, and director wants to work on larger-than-life films.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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Directing is too hard, it takes too much time, and it doesn't pay very well.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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I had learning disabilities, and I couldn't express myself in the written word.
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I do films that I like. I have done comedy, romance, everything, and I always like to do it differently from the previous ones.
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Get Miramax to send me down to Australia. I'd like to see it.
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Abraham Lincoln is singular. Abraham Lincoln, before he was killed, stood up and, you know, for the first time from any sitting president, stood for the right for suffrage for African-American men who had served in the Civil War. And that's a limited suffrage, but it was quite radical at the time.
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I have a very short attention span.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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Adversity is an opportunity for growth. And an opportunity to really know who your friends are.
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I found music because I felt different.
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The Olympic dream was born in 2010 during the qualifications to Vancouver. And when I was watching those Olympics from the sidelines, I felt that I wanted to have my Games. I understood that it wouldn't be easy to make them, especially now that in Russia there are a lot of strong girls.
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A world without Tony Randall is a world that I cannot recognize.
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The question for France and all countries is, 'Do you favour foreign Internet operators that do not pay, or do you favour national operators who pay?'
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After the 9/11 incidents, Islam has become a big question mark among westerners, especially Americans. The mass media constantly raise the issue of relationship between Islam and terrorism.
