Nadine Labaki Quotes

Self-censorship has become a part of me. I think because we live in a place where community is very important, family is very important, you feel the weight of how people look at you. Even though I might seem very modern and very liberated, I still have a lot of issues to deal with. I'm scared of how people look at me.

Nadine Labaki

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: lebanese
  • Birth: February 18, 1974

Topics

FamilyLiveCommunityPeopleMeYou

I want the real title. I can't express it enough that I want to fight for the real title. The interim title, from what I've seen... people get it, and then they take it away in a month. I just don't want to be that person.

Brian Ortega

FightPeopleEnoughPersonWantGet

Peace should provide security. It should be durable. I'm ready to go far in making painful concessions. But there is one thing I will never make any concessions on and that's the security of the Israeli citizens and the very existence of the state of Israel. The Palestinians are losing time.

Ariel Sharon

TimePeaceLosingSecurityReadyGo

For me, having characters who are part of a faith then allows me to talk about how that faith either works or fails them without having to attack the institution.

Alice McDermott

FaithMeTalkWithoutInstitution

Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!

Wislawa Szymborska

WorkLoveSometimesWriteSingle

I like to smile when I am playing because I try to show people that I am enjoying myself, and I think Ronaldinho did the same.

Philippe Coutinho

SmileMyselfI AmPeopleThinkTry

In politics, it's more fun to win than it is to lose.

Phyllis Schlafly

PoliticsFunWinLoseMoreThan

The vampire story is something that has existed since 'Nosferatu,' and I don't think it's gonna go away.

Paul Wesley

StoryThinkGoVampireSomething

God our Father and His Son Jesus Christ, with Their perfect foreknowledge, already recommended every one of you to fill your mortal probation during the most decisive period in the history of the world.

Sheri L. Dew

FatherSonGodHistoryWorldYou

I want to be strong, dominant. Like Wilt Chamberlain.

Shaquille O'Neal

Be StrongStrongWantDominantLike

If you're at a restaurant and someone asks, 'Fresh pepper?,' the answer is yes. When people shake off the fresh pepper, they clearly have no interest in living a full life. Same thing goes for grated Parmesan. Why would you turn that down?

Timothy Olyphant

LifePeopleRestaurantSomeoneYou

Reed Scott is really good at coming up with insults.

Timothy Simons

GoodInsultsComingUpReedReally

Being able to say something lyrically, to say something that will do more than just be words, is really hard. It's easy to do when you're writing a chapter of a book or writing poetry, but it's really hard to do when you're confined to a melody line.

Nikki Sixx

WordsPoetryWritingBookEasyYou

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