Nadine Labaki Quotes

#1. I'm just someone who observes a lot.

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#2. When people say to me, 'You make us proud,' it's heartwarming to hear that.

Nadine Labaki

#3. Beirut turned into a war zone in a matter of hours. We were stuck at home, the roads were blocked.

Nadine Labaki

#4. Living through art is a better way to live - not necessarily making art, but being surrounded by art. I think it's just as banal as trying to show my version of the beauty in the world. It's about beauty at the end of the day.

Ragnar Kjartansson

#5. I thought if my son was now eighteen years old and he was tempted to join the fight and take the burden of protecting his family - because it's always tempting especially for young men - what would I do as a mother to stop him?

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#6. It's a different point of view on the world and it's different issues and it's important. It's healthy to have both, and more and more women are becoming of aware of that. And when you are aware of how strong of an impact it has on people - it changes things.

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#7. I was watching TV and saw people with masks, weapons, and grenades. I thought, Is that really possible? Could we be here yet again? And go into civil war one more time?

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#8. My wife looks at the person Park Jae Sang and the singer who goes up on stage, Psy, as different people.

Psy

#9. I like to have the impression that whatever is happening is true.

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#10. He seemed only ... annoyed. Annoyed, and sweaty, and hot.
"Yeah, well," he said, "the next time you decide to sneak out of our magically warded apartment through a door that shouldn't really exist, leave a note.

Cassandra Clare

#11. A small film from a small country, in Arabic with nonprofessionals: It was practically impossible. Just to make it was like a dream to me.

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#12. I remember reading an interview with a writer who said that in nonfiction if you have one lie it sort of messes it up. But in fiction the real details give you so much more credibility, because people do so much research just to write fiction. In fiction you're trying to recreate something lifelike.

Edwidge Danticat

#13. I don't like to be feared, and I can't work in conflict, I'm very bad with conflict. I try to avoid it, it paralyzes me.

Nadine Labaki

#14. I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.

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#15. One can make a day of any size

John Muir