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Abbas Kiarostami Quotes

There is violence in real life but I would never impose violence in a film just to attract the audience.

Abbas Kiarostami

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Violence Never Real Audience

Almost any film that you do is an opportunity to open you up and make you more aware of an area that you might not be thinking about. That's what is kind of cool, or one of the cool things about this profession.

Opportunity Cool Thinking You Kind

After two years working with bitcoin and blockchain companies and corporate leaders, we identified that a significant issue hindering the widespread, global adoption of blockchain is the inability to quickly connect with the right combination of partners for testing and deployment of the technology to address real-world business challenges.

Meltem Demirors

Business Technology Challenges Right

I admire those women who really knew who they were and didn't apologize for it. Katharine Hepburn? She was ahead of her time.

Women Time Admire Ahead She Her

Really, a wedding is the first and biggest party people throw in their lifetime, so there's a lot of challenges and a lot of pressure.

People Challenges Pressure Wedding

If I can give a very substantial injection of humanistic thinking into corporations, boy, that would change things a lot.

Ruth J. Simmons

Change Thinking I Can Boy Things

I'm always very fearful when academics get ahold of comedy. Comedy is such a clear thing - people laugh, or they don't laugh. It's involuntary. I'm not saying it can't be scrutinized, it's just that they take the enjoyment out of it.

People Saying Laugh Comedy Out Take

My dad, he worries a bit, usually with good reason. There were quite a few years there where he was probably trying to resign himself to fact that I wouldn't live too much longer, just because of the way I was living.

Good Live Trying Too Much Living

I'm disappointed in Burger King's decision to renounce their American citizenship. I call on companies currently mulling this tax dodge to reconsider and on Congress to protect U.S. taxpayers from more of these schemes.

Decision King Burger American Tax

With comedians, you have that understanding that we're trying to get laughs.

Understanding Trying You Comedians

I thought I would be governor of Massachusetts. I stood on a pile of my old albums and said, 'I'm the only one with a record to stand on.'

Thought Stand Said Old Massachusetts

I'm very aware there are lots of other people who are just bright and working just as hard, with just the same dedication to make the world a good place.

Tim Berners-Lee

Good Dedication People World Place

I think Senator Marco Rubio was a very good speaker of the House, has been a very good senator.

Good Think House Been I Think Very

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