Elaine Sciolino Quotes

We often forget that Iran has a long tradition and history with the United States. Iranians have been coming to the United States as students for decades. American businessmen were in Iran developing the oil fields. ...There was an American financial advisor to the Iranian government in the early part of the century.

Elaine Sciolino

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I'm a seriously flawed individual, but I guess everybody is.

John Grant

SeriouslyIndividualEverybodyGuess

I've found a different way to scent the air: already it's a by-word for despair.

Andrew Motion

WayScentAirDespairDifferent

Because I've made a film with such an amazing director as Tarantino, I'm much more conscious of working with good directors from now on, so that's what's important to me. I don't really care about making a big movie - I just want to make good ones.

Melanie Laurent

GoodAmazingMeCareImportantWant

I fled communism as a child. That's an experience that can shape you forever.

Ana Navarro

ExperienceChildCommunismYouShape

It is funny to me that people think of St. Lucia as this, like, feel-good band.

St. Lucia

FunnyPeopleMeThinkBandLike

To move past fear is a cliche.

Tony Abbott

FearPastMoveCliche

When you read a supernatural suspense story or a ghost story, or a horror story, the evil at play is something that you can dismiss. And I wonder if, in this time, if people really want to be sitting on the subway reading a book about someone releasing a dirty bomb on the subway.

Michael Koryta

TimePeopleEvilBookReadingStory

I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.

Chris Kattan

ManWiseWorldWise ManTryingNice

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.

Chet Atkins

YouBecomePredictableInterested

My father is an atheist. My mother is Buddhist. They encouraged my siblings and me to take the best part of other religions to make our own belief system.

Winona Ryder

FatherMotherBestMeBeliefOwn

The return makes one love the farewell.

Alfred de Musset

LoveFarewellReturnMakes

A perfect human being: Man in search of his ideal of perfection. Nothing less.

Pir Vilayat Khan

PerfectionManSearchPerfectHuman

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