Abbas Kiarostami Quotes

When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.

Abbas Kiarostami

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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When they're good, I like working with new actors.

John C. Reilly

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I have never been a social lion; I was misidentified as one because I have a very attractive second wife.

John Gutfreund

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Well, let me tell you, any conservative that's unhappy with George Bush warms my heart, in any way that they can wake up and smell the coffee would be really great.

Ann Richards

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It is not easy to imagine how little interested a scientist usually is in the work of any other, with the possible exception of the teacher who backs him or the student who honors him.

Jean Rostand

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The abduction of a child is a tragedy. No one can fully understand or appreciate what a parent goes through at such a time, unless they have faced a similar tragedy. Every parent responds differently. Each parent copes with this nightmare in the best way he or she knows how.

John Walsh

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England is strictly class-based. What's surprising is how many films are still made with a load of people in silly frocks running around gardens and talking in middle-class accents.

Stephen Daldry

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Ultimately, the problem is that sex is perceived as a personal, intimate thing, not in the realm of science. But that's not true. It's physiology; it's anatomy. It deserves to be studied.

Mary Roach

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You don't have to be somebody different to be important. You're important in your own right.

Michelle Obama

YouImportantRightOwnDifferent

I can snap my toes. Everyone keeps asking me this, but I know it's kind of weird, but I think it's fun that I can snap my toes.

Mirai Nagasu

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In Britain, the major public holiday used to be Guy Fawkes Day... that was celebrated on November 5th with things like bonfires and fireworks... I think that made Halloween seem preferable. The idea of having pumpkins and costumes and parties seemed much more appealing than burning down your neighborhood.

Lisa Morton

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What I miss about the theater is the live experience.

Donna Lynne Champlin

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I don't know if my looks will ever get any better, but my pratfalls sure won't.

Chevy Chase

BetterLooksKnowWillGetSure

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