Pardis Sabeti Quotes

My family fled Iran in October 1978 as a result of the coming revolution when I was two years old. In the early days, my entire family lived together in a very crowded house, where I shared a room with my sister, cousin, and grandmother, and we would all listen to my grandmother tell stories before bedtime.

Pardis Sabeti

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FamilyTogetherSisterRevolution

I think, whenever you're in the public eye, you're never going to be loved by everybody.

Amy Jackson

EyeThinkLovedYouNeverGoing

As long as we remain committed to holding high our individuals of supreme finish, others will be inspired to loose themselves of the gravity of the waywards and downtroddens.

John Ridley

LongGravityWillOthersHighLoose

When people walk in a room, the way they sit or they talk, that itself tells me a story.

Sofia Boutella

WalkPeopleMeStoryWayTalk

Most of the time, I get auditions for deaf characters where the scene has them communicating in really convoluted ways, like reading lips from across the room when the other person's back is turned or having other people parrot what they say.

Shoshannah Stern

TimePeopleReadingLipsBackSay

We no longer sing and dance. We don't know how to. Instead, we watch other people sing and dance on the television screen. Christmas, which was once a festival of active enjoyment, has turned into a binge of purely passive pleasures.

Tom Hodgkinson

DancePeopleTelevisionKnowActive

I can say I am playing some of the best football of my career at 31. So maybe I can play better as I get older.

Luka Modric

BestFootballI AmBetterCareer

Some people are very good at that, communicating with the world; I'm not sure I'm suited to it.

Jason Statham

GoodPeopleWorldSome PeopleSure

I remember the first article I ever wrote, and I saw my name in the paper, and I already knew I was undocumented, and I was thinking: 'How can they now say I don't exist?'

Jose Antonio Vargas

ThinkingNameRememberNowSaySaw

Relentless improvement of the product and upgrading of consumer tastes are the heart of mass merchandising.

Christopher Lasch

HeartImprovementProductRelentless

I think Juan stopped short - he got halfway to the destination and got off the train. He is certainly an excellent writer and a good person, but I'm not a nationalist.

Clarence Thomas

GoodDestinationThinkShortPerson

When you forget everything, there only remains yourself - and that is not enough.

Pierre Bonnard

YourselfEnoughYouForgetOnly

A book that furnishes no quotations is no book - it is a plaything.

Thomas Love Peacock

BookQuotationsPlaything

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