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I am really bothered when I see my friends facing problems back in Iran, but I tell them that not all the doors are shut. — Bahman Ghobadi

Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents. — Bahman Ghobadi

On occasions I have been big-headed. I think most people are when they get in the limelight. I call myself Big Head just to remind myself not to be. — Brian Clough

I'm very much interested in music specifically and wanted to make a film about it, but not in an atmosphere of censorship. — Bahman Ghobadi

If I hadn't turned out to be a filmmaker, I would have been a musician. — Bahman Ghobadi

Running should be free, man. — Christopher McDougall

I use humour a lot. My foundation is tragic, but my appearance is humorous. — Bahman Ghobadi

I'm free - but I'm also not free because there are millions of young people living in Iran. A filmmaker can only do a little. — Bahman Ghobadi

It feels very, very good to make a film freely, to work without having to wait years for script approval, without looking over your shoulder. — Bahman Ghobadi

No one ever converted to Christianity because they lost the argument. — Philip Yancey

I went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit. — Bahman Ghobadi

Every new opinion, at its starting, is precisely in a minority of one. — Thomas Carlyle

Thought dissolves the material universe by carrying the mind up into a sphere where all is plastic. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I went to see John Mayall at the Marquee, with Peter Green on guitar, and that was a particularly good gig. — Alvin Lee

Devotion means your limited entity has been dissolved; a much larger possibility has become a living reality for you. — Jaggi Vasudev

For me, it's better to live without looking over your shoulder, worrying about who is controlling your phone, maybe poisoning your food. — Bahman Ghobadi

It is absurd to ape our betters. — Aesop

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. — Bahman Ghobadi

I love music; I come from a region of Kurdistan that is a base for music. — Bahman Ghobadi

Humility is the armour that you clothe yourself with throughout your life. We demean each other rather than lift up ourselves. — Anthony Carmona

I love music, I make films with music, I eat with music, I sleep with music, I think with music. Music makes me dream; it strengthens my creativity. — Bahman Ghobadi

Being of service to others is what brings true happiness. — Marie Osmond

In Iranian cinema, all the lying takes place before making the film. In order to be able to make the film, you have to lie. — Bahman Ghobadi

I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around. — Bahman Ghobadi

I come at a subject from a profoundly photographic level. I am not interested in pictures that ultimately don't work as pictures. — Michael Light

I told myself that I was letting him keep his dignity, while choosing to forget that for thousands of nights, he sacrificed it. — Hanya Yanagihara

In Kurdistan, there's a lot of hardship - a lot of wars, a lot of bitter and difficult lifestyles. And witnessing all those made me a director. — Bahman Ghobadi

Sometimes the real looks fake, especially when you've looked at the fake for so long. — Hugh Howey

God desires to use you to the best of your capacity, to the best of your ability. — Sunday Adelaja

Love is never just a four letter word. — Colin Tegerdine

When you want to make a film abroad, you need producers and people who support you. You need a team that speaks your language. — Bahman Ghobadi