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Classical tragedy was the war between good and evil. We wanted evil to be defeated and good to be victorious. But the battle in modern tragedy is between good and good. And no matter which side wins, we'll still be heartbroken. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#between #classical #defeated #evil #good

I feel it's important to talk about the complex issues affecting us. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#affecting #complex #feel #i #i feel

The beautiful seems right by force of beauty and the feeble wrong because of weakness. ↗

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#beauty #because #feeble #force #right

When they talk about family values, it's in a repressive way, as if our American tradition were only the Puritan tradition or the 19th century oppressive tradition. The Christian tradition. ↗

— James Hillman

#about #american #american tradition #century #christian

Faultless to a fault. ↗

— Robert Browning

#faultless

I think it's insulting to an audience to make them sit and watch a film and then give them a message in one sentence. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#film #give #i #i think #insulting

Iranian filmmakers are not passive. They fight whenever they can, as creative expression means a lot to them. The restrictions and censorship in Iran are a bit like the British weather: one day it's sunny, the next day it's raining. You just have to hope you walk out into the sunshine. ↗

— Asghar Farhadi

#british #censorship #creative #creative expression #day

What of soul was left, I wonder, when the kissing had to stop? ↗

— Robert Browning

#i #i wonder #kissing #left #soul

Rome was a poem pressed into service as a city. ↗

— Anatole Broyard

#into #poem #pressed #rome #service

It turns out I'm not very good at working with a traditional boss. ↗

— Carrie Brownstein

#good #i #out #traditional #turns