"The visual possibility of seeing the historical person (as opposed to the eternal Qur'anic man) on screen is arguably the single most important event allowing Iranians access to modernity."

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Source : Hamid Dabashi (2001). “Close Up: Iranian Cinema, Past, Present, and Future”, p.15, Verso

Hamid Dabashi

#Men Quotes #Historical Quotes #Important Quotes

“I often use music as a handle for very emotionally explosive substances: love, sex, God, fear, doubt, politics, the economics of the soul - these are daunting thoughts in the back of my mind that I rarely visit without the safety gloves of song.”
“If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career”
“Let us begin by doing our best to do our best, every single time, no matter what, forever.”
“Now let me say that Matt Busby was a great manager and Manchester United wouldn't be where they are without him. He was a god at the club, but he wasn't a god to me. Football is like that sometimes.”
“Live like there's no tomorrow. Love like you're on borrowed time. Always remember, It's good to be alive.”
“The Pope is 77 years old and he's in charge of a billion people. All I have to do is put 11 on the field.”

Source : "Steve Spurrier quit after Gamecocks started 'going south'", www.theguardian.com. October 13, 2015.
“I dyed my hair about 42 different colours, and kids can be pretty judgmental about people who are different. But instead of breaking down and conforming, I stood firm. That is also probably why I was unhappy.”

Source : "Mad Men and me: Christina Hendricks interview". Interview With Hadley Freeman, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2011.
“I've never contended that I had a really horrible life.”

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