Golshifteh Farahani Quotes

I'm coming out of the belly of Iran. It was the only place I was free. It's funny - when I say that, everyone is like, 'What? Freedom?' But the freedom I felt in Iran I've never felt anywhere else. Freedom of mind, freedom of time, of spirit. But after a while, you're so wounded that if you continue thinking about Iran, it will kill you.

Golshifteh Farahani

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: iranian
  • Birth: July 10, 1983

Topics

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America has two national budgets, one official, one unofficial.

Matt Taibbi

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If I am not mistaken, it was a British poet who said that 'no one is properly dressed unless he wears a smile.'

Sukarno

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As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.

Tom Perrotta

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It's hard to define change in oneself unless something really dramatic happens, like you give up some vice, fall in love, or something like that.

Ron Howard

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I'm excited to wear my country's jersey.

Asdrubal Cabrera

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I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.

Sean Connery

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My father was a journalist for 50 years in Leeds and Fleet Street. I thought about a career in business to show I could do something different, but the reaction among prospective employers was, shall we say, underwhelming.

Lionel Barber

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I was interested in drama, but it never seemed like a real profession somehow. It was so outside my experience, and I probably wouldn't have had the confidence for drama school, though I did send off for an application form.

Kelly Macdonald

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Freedom is not something you're even trying to fight for; you are free. Go. Make sure you live free every day.

Killer Mike

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I learned something through the experiences in my life, and that is that you never judge how someone may be reacting to a situation because you don't know what they may be going through. It's important that you treat people well, and I try to make people feel good about themselves always.

Kimberly Schlapman

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You can get rid of the teacher certification requirements, and you're still not going to have a rush of incredibly high-quality people going into teaching as long as teachers are valued in the way they currently are. The way we value people is by how much we pay them.

James Forman, Jr.

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I respect anybody that cooks. I know how hard it is.

Guy Fieri

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