"When I came out, and for many years……" — Mohsen Makhmalbaf
"When I came out, and for many years afterwards, it had become a habit for me to sit and read and read and read, like an obsession. I would take 20 books, and not come out until I'd finished them. It took me a while to change that habit."
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25 Quotes by Mohsen Makhmalbaf
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The style depends on the subject.
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Because there is so little room for expression otherwise, a lot of people love cinema because they find it a…
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It was really bizarre, that Sabzian business. You know I had no interest in being photographed before this incident. But…
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I was in jail four and a half years. When I came out, I continued the same struggle against injustice,…
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From 7 in the morning to 11 at night, I was reading. I don't think one can find any other…
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Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown…
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But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan.
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The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.
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Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next…
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Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies…
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From my films, you can at least learn about Iran, you can get a sense of the history and the…
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I myself had to grow a longer beard and Afghan clothes. I was in danger of being kidnapped by smugglers,…
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If it's all instruction, you get annoyed with it and bored, and you stop reading. If it's all entertainment, you…
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God has been very good to me, for I never dwell upon anything wrong which a person has done, so…
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To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine…
— Honore de Balzac
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Heaven lies about us in our infancy and the world begins lying about us pretty soon afterward.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Incredibly, almost every hotel I ever played in Vegas was blown up shortly afterward: The Dunes, The Sands, The Landmark,…
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The mark of a true crush... is that you fall in love first and grope for reasons afterward.
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Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.
— Lewis Carroll
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Sentence first, verdict afterwards.
— Lewis Carroll
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During the work, you have to be sure that you haven't left any holes, that you've captured everything, because afterwards…
— Henri Cartier-Bresson
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I once won a second prize in a history concert. My parents came to the ceremony. Somebody else had won…
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A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year.…
— Winston Churchill
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We can't have full knowledge all at once. We must start by believing; then afterwards we may be led on…
— Thomas Aquinas
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