Shirin Neshat Quotes

Magical realism allows an artist like myself to inject layers of meaning without being obvious. In American culture, where there is freedom of expression, this approach may seem forced, unnecessary and misunderstood. But this system of communication has become very Iranian.

Shirin Neshat

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: iranian
  • Birth: March 26, 1957

Topics

CommunicationFreedomMyselfCulture

I started out real young as a tight end, but I was never getting the football. I knew when I played basketball, I loved to have control of the ball. When I played baseball, I was a pitcher. I always wanted to be the guy throwing the passes and making a difference, I guess.

Jim Kelly

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I obsess too much.

Meredith Brooks

Too MuchMuchTooObsess

If there's a role for me in something in the future to do with 'The Last of Us,' absolutely I would do it, twice on Sunday.

Troy Baker

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I don't do stairs. And I don't do groups.

Tom Cotton

StairsGroups

If a movie has three decent scenes and a decent character, I think, 'OK, at least they got that guy right.'

Robert Ben Garant

CharacterThinkThreeRightGuyGot

Lipstick is the most valuable weapon in a woman's make-up kit. It has the power to transform the appearance and mood of the person wearing it, and, at the same time, arouses the admiration of everybody else.

Monica Bellucci

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I try to do things in one take, but doubling rhythm parts is always difficult, especially if you want things to cut the way I want them to cut.

Dimebag Darrell

YouWantWayTryDifficultRhythm

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

Donald Rumsfeld

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I wanted to be a rock star.

Craig Ferguson

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The Church doesn't censor. It tries to guide its faithful through catechism.

Claudio Hummes

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In 2008, while the film version of my book 'Choke' was coming to market, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. That meant that I had to appear in public to promote a comedy about a son trying to save his dying mother - the plot of Choke - while privately I was caring for my own dying mother. It was torture.

Chuck Palahniuk

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Growing up in wrestling - and I have been involved in wrestling, really, my entire life - I learned right from the get-go that you never forget your fans. They are the ones that put your food on the table and pay your bills.

Bret Hart

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