Abbas Kiarostami Quotes

I really think that I don't mind people sleeping during my films, because I know that some very good films might prepare you for sleeping or falling asleep or snoozing. It's not to be taken badly at all. This is something I really mean.

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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Meeting people who want to start a charity, help out their families, or raise money for a good cause has been really fun.

Joe Jonas

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I dyed my hair blonde in that movie, so my head doesn't match my grill.

Joe Pesci

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Every day, President Obama sends a beautiful message about how we should treat our women based on how he treats his wife. When people went after his wife during the campaign, he took a stand.

Steve Harvey

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Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.

Stendhal

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'Buncha Losers' comedy is one of those homegrown American art forms, up there with infomercials and Elvis-shaped soap carvings. No other civilization could have invented it. The French took a stab with Sartre's 'No Exit,' but then they had to ruin it with a lesson at the end.

Rob Sheffield

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I'm most scared of failing, of disappointing people.

Rita Ora

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Being sober is not a struggle for me.

Josh Gordon

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There are people who I still knock around with from the Primrose Hill set, but they have found sobriety, too, and are doing their own things.

Davinia Taylor

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I know this may come as a shock to most of you, but I've decided to quit acting. I will not be auditioning for anything anymore, and if I get offered something like a role in a movie or a commercial or something, I will graciously turn it down. It's been great, but its just not for me anymore.

Chris Pratt

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Somebody told me about a band that works out their whole set as if it was one song. They learn the whole set as one piece, so they know how the dynamics of it work. It's really difficult to do, and you can only really do it while you're on tour, as being in a rehearsal studio is not the same as being on stage in front of an audience.

Winston Marshall

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I know what my taste is, and I do like my touch on the piano.

Thomas Newman

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When our weaknesses affect health and friendship, we are very much aware of their existence.

Mother Angelica

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