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It's been interesting to see how similar audiences in the East and West are, actually, and how it makes you realize that when politicians emphasize the differences between our cultures, it's usually because it benefits them more so than us. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#audiences #because #been #benefits #between

Poetry, especially traditional Iranian poetry, is very good at looking at things from a number of different angles simultaneously. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#different #different angles #especially #good #iranian

I started growing up in a hurry and taking a lot of the philosophy I'd heard from church as a kid a lot more seriously - especially the Ten Commandments - and wondering how 'Thou shalt not kill' could be so absolutely ignored. It took me until I was in my 40s to write what I was thinking as a young soldier. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#church #commandments #could #especially #growing

So I built my entire career in the United States and that's why it feels like I'm an American actor. ↗

— Anthony LaPaglia

#american #built #career #entire #entire career

I loved tests because it was another form of competing, a healthy competition. ↗

— Suzanne Farrell

#because #competing #competition #form #healthy

So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter. ↗

— Gordon W. Allport

#hopeless #laughter #life #many #other

Research! A mere excuse for idleness; it has never achieved, and will never achieve any results of the slightest value. ↗

— Benjamin Jowett

#achieved #any #excuse #idleness #mere

Blacks who have not succumbed to the victim culture have been, are, and will be doing quite well - all on their own, without handouts, affirmative action, and other patronizing measures. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#affirmative #affirmative action #been #blacks #culture

Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved into a contest over who will win. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

#contest #devolved #freeing #guilty #injured

Although, I think you look back and you try to learn from your mistakes. ↗

— Jerry Bruckheimer

#back #i #i think #learn #look