Hisham Matar Quotes

Like most dictators, Col Gaddafi detests the metropolis. His vision of Libya is a kind of Bedouin romantic medievalism, suspicious of universities, theatres, galleries and cafes, and so monitors the cities' inhabitants with paranoid suspicion.

Hisham Matar

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My uncle, who was a little more flamboyant, always said the guy who dressed the best was Fred Astaire.

Andy Garcia

BestUncleDressedSaidMoreAlways

I cannot accept fraud.

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

AcceptFraudCannot

Each of us has a right to name ourselves as we will.

Maya Soetoro-Ng

NameWillRightUsOurselvesEach

We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital.

John McCain

FreeNeedFree PressMustPress

For behaviorist films, that's been much more useful - the change of technology - but for my kind of films, doing them on film is much better, because it's more beautiful.

Michael Apted

ChangeTechnologyBeautifulBetter

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

Stella Adler

LifeArtSoulYouDownBeats

I shook hands with a friendly Arab. I still have my right arm to prove it.

Spike Milligan

HandsProveRightFriendlyStill

I guess I don't know if I'm comfortable with fame or touring or promo or any of that stuff, and I really discovered that I love working for people and co-writing and working under someone.

Sia

LovePeopleSomeoneKnowFameStuff

'Mistresses' is about the lives of four women, each going through different versions of infidelity. Their longtime friendship is what gets them through extremely challenging times.

Rochelle Aytes

FriendshipWomenThroughGoingFour

Wherever my story takes me, however dark and difficult the theme, there is always some hope and redemption, not because readers like happy endings, but because I am an optimist at heart. I know the sun will rise in the morning, that there is a light at the end of every tunnel.

Michael Morpurgo

MorningHopeHeartLightI AmSun

My struggle over the years has constantly been, it only takes 10 minutes, or an average shower, to come up with a mini-series or two, but it takes a year to draw them. So for me, it's been just trying to find a way to get all these ideas and all these incidents on paper.

Mike Mignola

StruggleMeIdeasTryingYearFind

As the actor, you can't be worried about the scene that you're going to playing two days from now. You think about what's going on right now and in the moment. That's what you worry about.

Michael Rooker

MomentThinkWorryYouNowActor

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