#d

Fighting the Taliban and the various radical organizations on the front lines is like adding a Band-Aid to a cut, it may stop the bleeding but unless you clean it with antiseptic, the germs stay and multiply. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#bleeding #clean #cut #fighting #front

I don't think I'll be making documentaries my whole life. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#i #life #making #think #whole

I feel that for the first time in a long time, educated Pakistanis are returning to their country to start up educational projects, to start up businesses, so instead of the brain-drain that happened in the 1950s and 1960s, the country is growing and improving economically. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#country #economically #educated #educational #feel

I have very strong Canadian connections. My daughter was born there a year and half ago. But because of the nature of my job, I need to be in countries where I can get the stories that I am looking at. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#am #because #born #canadian #connections

I hope I can make Pakistan proud by bringing home an Oscar. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#home #hope #i #i can #make

I think perhaps Pakistan can take the lead. Perhaps Turkey can as well, being part of Europe. But someone has to start talking about why the Muslim world has become a boiling pot and look beyond these cartoons to what the ideological reasons are for this divide. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#become #being #beyond #boiling #cartoons

I'd like to do a film in Canada, but it's too difficult. National Film Board funding takes too long, and there's too much paperwork; by the time the film is approved the topic is dead and gone. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#board #by the time #canada #dead #difficult

Apparently Arnold was inspired by President Bush, who proved you can be a successful politician in this country even if English is your second language. ↗

— Conan O'Brien

#arnold #bush #country #english #even

I'm generally quite an angry person, and I like to channel my anger toward something creative. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#angry #angry person #channel #creative #generally

In December 2011, I will be opening up my production house, Sharmeen Obaid Films, and aspire to change the way Pakistanis approach nonfiction storytelling. There are thousands of stories to be found here. ↗

— Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

#aspire #change #december #films #found