"If we can't understand the Afghan family, we can't understand Afghanistan."

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Source : "Bookseller of Kabul author Åsne Seierstad: 'It's not possible to write a neutral story'". Interview with Amelia Hill, www.theguardian.com. July 30, 2010.

Asne Seierstad

#Afghanistan Quotes

“Touring is just the most incredible experience, and whilst I try to share it, there are moments where you feel the only way you can really know is to be there in the moment feelings what you are feeling.”
“Itâ€™s what we chase but never find. It is the mystery of our lives, the understanding that even when we have everything we want it is one day to leave us. Itâ€™s the something unseen, the lurking devastation, the darkness that gives our lives dimension.”
“Passion costs me too much to bestow it on every trifle.”
“I think anybody that is going to be taken seriously in [music] industry needs to produce their own original music.”

Source : Source: www.etonline.com
“You have to be tenacious, you have to be focused, you have to have a real vision, and be extremely passionate about it.”

Source : "Jessica Alba Is Quietly Building an Empire" by Kristin Tice Studeman, www.elle.com. March 24, 2015.
“What is it with girls?â€ Elliot said, splitting a smile between us. â€œI swear, Iâ€™ve never known a girl who could go to the bathroom alone.â€ He leaned forward and grinned conspiratorially. â€œLet me in on the secret. Seriously. Iâ€™ll pay you five bucks each.â€ He reached for his back pocket. â€œTen, if I can come along and see what the big deal is.”
“I love when a director says, "I don't know."”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Open this notebook every day and write down half a page at the very least. If you have nothing to write down, then at least, following Gogol’s advice, write down that today there’s nothing to write. Always write with attention and look on writing as a holiday.”

Source : Daniil Kharms (2007). “Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writing of Daniil Kharms”, Overlook Press

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