Bahman Ghobadi Quotes

Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents.

Bahman Ghobadi

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MeRegretMoreHistoricalOnly

I don't believe in dieting.

Joan Collins

BelieveDieting

Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.

John F. Kennedy

FearNeverOutUsNegotiateLet Us

I've held my silence when I probably shouldn't have. But I was in the minority, a woman writing SF, and I was afraid of career backlash. I was afraid of being excluded or losing opportunities if I didn't play nice.

Ann Aguirre

WomanSilenceLosingWritingCareer

Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.

Dennis Potter

ChildrenPoetryReachStopWrite

For your soul's sake, invoke the agent of change called risk, which ensures that things will not be the same tomorrow as they are today. All real change requires risk.

Debbie Ford

ChangeTodaySoulTomorrowWill

I grew up in San Francisco, and I trained as a ballet dancer until college.

Chloe Benjamin

CollegeUpSan FranciscoBalletGrew

I love to prove people wrong. They expect I'll sound a certain way when they see me, then they hear me and they can't believe it. I love that.

Coco Lee

LovePeopleMeBelieveWrongWay

I was having trouble making ends meet, and my beginnings weren't meeting either.

Allan Sherman

MeetingTroubleMeetBeginningsEnds

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

Pierre Corneille

CourageManWordEvery ManEvery

A presidential candidate needs a slogan.

Richard Cohen

CandidateNeedsSloganPresidential

One reason I'm such a wayward prognosticator of rightwing trends is that I'm incapable of blacking out enough neural sectors to see the world through reptilian-brained eyes, a prerequisite for any true channeling of the mean resentments and implanted fears that drive hardcore conservatives.

James Wolcott

EyesWorldDriveEnoughTrueMean

The simplest of women are wonderful liars who can extricate themselves from the most difficult dilemmas with a skill bordering on genius.

Guy de Maupassant

WomenGeniusSkillDifficultLiars

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