Quotes by People In my films, I try to give people as little information as possible, which is still much more than what they get in real life. I feel that they should be grateful for the little bit of information I give them. Abbas Kiarostami grateful real people As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information. Abbas Kiarostami information theater people Those same people, when they leave the theater, when they look behind the curtains they are curious about their neighbors, they can guess if their neighbors are siblings or a couple, how old they are, what their occupation is. They are curious about each other and they can understand each other without being fed information. Why should it be different in cinema? Abbas Kiarostami sibling couple people When I find the character, I try to spend time with them and get to know them very well. Therefore my notes are not from the character that I had in my mind before, but are instead based on the people I've met in real life. Abbas Kiarostami real character people I have received the digital camera as a blessing. It has really changed my life as a filmmaker, because I don't use my camera anymore as a camera. I don't feel it as a camera. I feel it as a friend, as something that doesn't make an impression on people, that doesn't make them feel uncomfortable, and that is completely forgotten in my way of approaching life and people and film. Abbas Kiarostami cameras blessing people You've noticed that same joke told by two different people, once works, and the other time doesn't, simply because how the person edits it. The silences, the pauses, what they neglect, what they emphasize - all of this matters. Abbas Kiarostami different silence people It is a very important film, Life And Nothing More, in that what was filmed was inspired by a journey I had made just three days after an earthquake. And I speak not only of the film itself but also of the experience of being in that place, where only three days before 50,000 people had died. Abbas Kiarostami journey earthquakes people Unfortunately, cinema critics are very few in America, 400-500 people, but there are more critics of Iran. Abbas Kiarostami iran america people When they are assailed by despair, young people should let universal concerns into their lives. Abbe Pierre despair should people I fell in love with the pageant world. People that don't compete in pageants, I think they have a negative feeling for them, but really, they are incredible. Abbey Curran feelings people thinking I like people with depth, I like people with emotion, I like people with a strong mind, an interesting mind, a twisted mind, and also someone that can make me smile. Abbey Lee Kershaw strong people interesting It's a spirit that was given me and the relationships and meeting all these great people, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong; through Max I met a lot of people too. My first album was with Benny Carter. Abbey Lincoln max albums people There are men and women still on the streets, and that's all they are saying Can you spare a quarter? I come from a crowd of people who were current on the outlook on life, who were social and knew where they were and had some input into how things seemed to be. Abbey Lincoln outlook-on-life men people I was looking for the people who were making the music inside the cabinet. I would look in there and see if I could find somebody who was making all this wonderful music. Abbey Lincoln cabinets people looks The one thing I’d learned was that having someone with you all the time did not take away the loneliness. You could be surrounded by people and be lonely. Something was missing. I could almost pinpoint it, but right when it was within my grasp I forgot; it just slipped away. Abbi Glines lonely loneliness people I love people who really turn their lives around. I think it's such a wonderful human trait. Abbie Cornish wonderful people thinking A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument. Abbie Cornish instruments people Never impose your language on people you wish to reach. Abbie Hoffman language wish people Maintain a sense of humor. People who take themselves too seriously are power-crazy. If they win it will be haircuts for all. Beware of power freaks. Abbie Hoffman crazy winning people The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do. Abbie Hoffman anger keys people «89101112131415161718»