Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes

I write about wounds, the eternal treasons of life. It's not very funny, but it's sincere. My commitment is to sincerity.

Tahar Ben Jelloun

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: December 1, 1944

Topics

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Be it 120 frames or 24 frames or film or theatre, you're trying to be a fully formed human being and trying to be honest.

Joe Alwyn

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The most dangerous fundamentalists aren't just waging war in Iraq; they're attacking evolution, blocking medical research and ignoring the environment.

Jill Greenberg

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I'm happy to fight for any role.

John Hensley

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I like doing comedy, I like doing drama. Naturally I like to do, I like doing dramas, I like conflict, and when I do a comedy, you know, I've found that, like, romantic comedy is the trickiest one, because often it's neither: it's not romantic and it's not funny. So, like, I like a comedy that's biting. It's biting humor or really quirky humor.

Matt Dillon

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There's a great book about John Kennedy and his relationship to civil rights called 'The Bystander.' The title alone suggests that he did as little as possible, any minimal critical effort, to really facilitate civil rights in the White House.

Michael Eric Dyson

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Growing up on set, the director is the person that, as a child, you admire and gives you validation.

Shiri Appleby

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Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.

Tom Stoppard

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I wanted to be a car pinstriper, but there was nobody to teach me how to do it. So I said, 'Music's good too. I'll do that maybe, since I can't work out how to do this pinstriping.'

Ry Cooder

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I think if you start to think too much about things that are completely out of control, it will just drive you crazy as an actor.

Matt Bomer

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Singing seems to be inherent in Filipino, just as it is in my race. That's why I have this affinity with Filipinos.

Luke Evans

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For instance, why are we terrorizing this country, leading with murder and mayhem, when crime is actually on the decline, as somebody, as somebody mentioned?

Christiane Amanpour

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The fastest way to break the cycle of perfectionism and become a fearless mother is to give up the idea of doing it perfectly - indeed to embrace uncertainty and imperfection.

Arianna Huffington

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