"I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming."

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Source : "The Things We Carry: Crossing Borders with “A Time For Drunken Horses” director Bahman Gh". Interview with Erin Torneo, www.indiewire.com. October 25, 2000.

Bahman Ghobadi

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“Any person who pursues human rights in Iran must live with fear from birth to death, but I have learned to overcome my fear.”
“Just as God gave Moses exactly what he needed to accomplish great things, he will equip us in the same way. If he calls us to slay giants, he will make us into giant slayers.”
“A man of quality is never threatened by a woman of equality.”

Source : Jill Briscoe (2012). “Out of the Storm and into God’s Arms: Shelter in Turbulent Times”, p.177, CLC Publications
“I don't think I have any regrets, but I can tell you what I learned from mistakes or failures. I've had plenty of those. I just don't believe in regret, and my economic world is not what I would ever have imagined; I'm financially free.”
“Well, I met Frank Sinatra and Bob Dylan in the space of 15 minutes. Frank Sinatra kissed me on the lips. He kissed me on the lips. And then he gave me a filterless cigarette. And then I met Bob Dylan. I came off all lightheaded and had to go sit on his dressing-room steps.”
“In medieval times, the Church used to sell 'indulgences' for money. This amounted to paying for some number of days' remission from purgatory, and the Church literally (and with breathtaking presumption) issued signed certificates specifying the number of days off that had been purchased. . . . And of all its money-making rip-offs, the selling of indulgences must surely rank among the greatest con tricks in history. . . .”
“I go straight from thinking about my narrator to being him.”
“I would trust Shakespeare, but I would not trust a committee of Shakespeares.”

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