Abbas Kiarostami Quotes

I film normal-life subjects in natural settings that some people would consider uncinematic. But what I want to show is nature itself, as the truth of life.

Abbas Kiarostami

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: iranian
  • Birth: June 22, 1940 - July 4, 2016

Topics

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Every time I play in a movie, I never expect that it'll be huge. I don't like thinking about that, because it's so scary.

Melanie Laurent

TimeThinkingPlayNeverScaryLike

When you are dealing with Broken Matt Hardy, and the Brother Nero, and the Broken Hardyz, anything is possible. Anything.

Matt Hardy

BrokenBrotherYouPossibleAnything

After about fourth grade, I do remember borrowing my mother's old portable Olivetti and typing stories out on the back of photocopies of journal articles.

Ann Leckie

MotherRememberBackJournalOut

I can't remember in 1980 who I voted for. I wish I could tell you.

Jeff Greene

WishRememberYouI WishTellWho

I just saw a copy of a cover of a magazine that I'm on, and it's very weird and unusual.

Mia Kirshner

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Despite all our gains in technology, product innovation and world markets, most people are not thriving in the organizations they work for.

Stephen Covey

WorkTechnologyInnovationPeople

Pat Buchanan has written and said a number of things that are widely understood to be hostile to Jews and to Israel.

Tucker Carlson

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That's why I call the show 'Us & Them,' because I believe there is no 'them.' There's only 'us.'

Roger Waters

BelieveWhyI BelieveCallUsShow

My friends and I started that motto early in high school - that attitude, that mentality - from way back then: Want to go to Stanford? Why not? Want to play in the NBA? Why not?

Russell Westbrook

AttitudeMottoSchoolHigh SchoolGo

The bane of my existence is the synopses that publishers request for a new novel or series. That's where I'm really producing fiction - my final book never ends up looking like the synopsis.

Michelle Gagnon

LookingBookNewNeverExistenceUp

I'm very concerned about the nuclear weapons development for Iran and the destabilizing influence it has and they have in that part of the world. And I strongly endorse continued pressure, diplomatically, financially, economically.

Michael Mullen

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I auditioned for a play in fifth grade, and that's when I knew that I wanted to be a singer and performer.

Jordan Pruitt

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