"My car's my best friend. My office. My home. My location. I have a very intimate sense when I am in a car with someone next to me. We're in the most comfortable seats because we're not facing each other, but sitting side by side. We don't look at each other, but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big screen in front of us and side views. Silence doesn't seem heavy or difficult. Nobody serves anybody. And many other aspects. One most important thing is that it transports us from one place to another."

Source : Interview with Geoff Andrew, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2005.

Abbas Kiarostami

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“The novels were an escape from reality in the sense that we could marvel at their beauty and perfection. Curiously, the novels we escaped into led us finally to question and prod our own realities, about which we felt so helplessly speechless.”
“No one should be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation.”

Source : "Jamaican gay rights activists hopeful of repealing anti-homosexuality law" by Sarah Boseley, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2012.
“They gave high fives to all the players who say like the most obvious textbook answers in the world. It's like after each game, you already know what they're going to say. If they lost: "Ahh ... Tough loss." It's like, come on, how do you guys fall for that? And if they something that they really feel, everyone goes crazy. Like "Oohh! He's spazzing out!" Now he gotta say sorry for saying something he really felt. It's like, Oh lord.”
“The Bible is common-sense inspired.”
“A true friend sees past your excuses to the real reason it's not your fault.”
“My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.”

Source : Keith Haring (2010). “Keith Haring Journals: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.105, Penguin
“Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.”
“We're looking at a huge gap between what an entire generation thinks is going to happen during its retirement years and the funds that are there - or, more accurately, are not there - to make good on all those promises.”

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