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> [At a certain moment, Yugoslavia stopped being rational, and then you end up going to war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/at-a-certain-moment-yugoslavia-stopped-being-rational-and-then-you/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

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## More by Emir Kusturica

> [I am a man with a lot of passion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/i-am-a-man-with-a-lot-of-passion/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [I will not cut my film because, because, because, because of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/i-will-not-cut-my-film-because-because-because-because-of-the/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [Yugoslavia was a kind of superpower. Great movies. Beautiful novels. Great rock-and-roll. We became a superpower in basketball. The problem is that people needed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/yugoslavia-was-a-kind-of-superpower-great-movies-beautiful-novels/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [My father was an atheist and he always described himself as a Serb. OK, maybe we were Muslim for 250 years, but we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/my-father-was-an-atheist-and-he-always-described-himself-as-a-serb-ok/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [My relationship with Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is very clear: respect. We met a couple of times; once I received a medal from him. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/my-relationship-with-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-is-very-clear/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [I started moving towards Serbia when I felt my country, Yugoslavia, was being taken away from me. My feeling of nationality was not as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/i-started-moving-towards-serbia-when-i-felt-my-country-yugoslavia-was/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [I am somebody who respects Putin highly, but I'm not somebody who is against America.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/i-am-somebody-who-respects-putin-highly-but-i-m-not-somebody-who-is/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [When you make movies the way I do, you invest everything you have. And you do it like a crazy maniac.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/when-you-make-movies-the-way-i-do-you-invest-everything-you-have-and/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernize, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/in-serbia-a-lot-of-people-hate-me-because-they-want-to-westernize-not/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [At a certain moment, Yugoslavia stopped being rational, and then you end up going to war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/at-a-certain-moment-yugoslavia-stopped-being-rational-and-then-you/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [I think the city is the strongest social memory organ of humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/i-think-the-city-is-the-strongest-social-memory-organ-of-humanity/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [Most people only remember Maradona for the bad parts now. But he was a genius, someone who lifted us and himself up to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/most-people-only-remember-maradona-for-the-bad-parts-now-but-he-was-a/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [The advantage of the gypsy language, even though I don't understand it that much, the language is perfect melody. So if you propose the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/the-advantage-of-the-gypsy-language-even-though-i-don-t-understand-it/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [I'm fed up with democracy. In a democracy, people vote for the mayors. I wanted to build a city where I will choose the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/i-m-fed-up-with-democracy-in-a-democracy-people-vote-for-the-mayors-i/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

> [You know, in each segment of ex-Yugoslavia, multi-ethnic life is lost, except I think we somehow still have this in Serbia.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emir-kusturica/you-know-in-each-segment-of-ex-yugoslavia-multi-ethnic-life-is-lost/)

[Emir Kusturica](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emir-kusturica/)

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