"Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity."

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Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

#Culture Quotes #Reason Quotes #Afghanistan Quotes

“The simplicity of nature is not to be measured by that of our conceptions. Infinitely varied in its effects, nature is simple only in its causes, and its economy consists in producing a great number of phenomena, often very complicated, by means of a small number of general laws.”
“You can't win. Logic has no power over her when her territory has been invaded by heathens.”
“Players aren't quite as mercenary as people make them out to be. Some of them are but some aren't.”
“If you ever have to ask someone else's opinion on a trade, you shouldn't be in it.”
“There's a reason why people who've had bad relationships with their parents listen to angry stuff.”
“Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation.”

Source : Charles Baudelaire (1992). “Selected Writings on Art and Literature”, Penguin Classics
“We believe this approach (progress sharing) is a rational approach because you cooperate in creating the abundance that makes the progress possible, and then you share that progress after the fact, and not before the fact. Profit sharing would resolve the conflict between management apprehensions and worker expectations on the basis of solid economic facts as they materialize rather than on the basis of speculation as to what the future might hold.”
“The history of jazz for the last 45 years has come through the Monterey Jazz Festival stages. I think there's developed a legacy and an aura around the festival.”

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