Ghobadi Bahman Quotes & Sayings

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

Cemeteries in Bohemia are like gardens. The graves are covered with grass and colourful flowers. Modest tombstones are lost in the greenery. When the sun goes down, the cemetery sparkles with tiny candles ... no matter how brutal life becomes, peace always reigns in the cemetery. Even in wartime, even in Hitler's time, even in Stalin's time.. — Milan Kundera

There is no limit on the level that the reflections can be at and in a modern environment, such as a city, the albedo can increase the power levels many times of the sky based solar radiation of direct and diffuse combined. The trees prevent the albedo reflections from occurring. — Steven Magee

I didn't have the welfare. I didn't have the proper education. I didn't have these things. That's why it's almost like a complex in me that I want to explode myself in my films. — 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

Every family needs a black sheep to call them on their bullshit. — Karina Halle

In my view, the adults are the burnt generation of Iraq for whom nothing can be done. But for the children, we can worry now, we can talk about them, we can plan for them, we can get our protest heard by others. — Bahman Ghobadi

I can travel with music. I close my eyes, and I can travel all over the world with music. And one after another, stories come to me, and I just record them. — 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 went to underground music studios. In the studios, I learned that you can make a movie without a permit. — Bahman Ghobadi

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 don't defeat my opponents, they defeat themselves. — Helio Gracie

Lying and corruption are in the Iranian society in all sense of the world, and if you do research about married women, you see that a lot of them tell you they get a lot of enjoyment from breaking the rules of corruption, because just for the fact that they break the rules, it makes them oppose the system. — Bahman Ghobadi

I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries. — Bahman Ghobadi

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

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

Without your voice being heard in Washington, the decisions we make aren't as good. I would urge women to consider public service. And if you want to run, give me a call. I'll help. — Kirsten Gillibrand

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

I used to believe that people are only born once, but now I feel I have been reborn, like I was given a new life. I see myself as a child, full of energy and hope. — Bahman Ghobadi

Do you earn income as a model? Maybe I do. — Blake Lewis

I often ask myself, 'Why is it that most of the lies come out of Islamic countries, and why is it that most of the social corruptions are in the Middle East and in these Islamic countries?' The answer is, when you control something, when you suppress something, people try to do it another way. — Bahman Ghobadi

Only one person can stop me or keep me going; I myself. — Vikrmn

Is a man less of a man, because he's learned to hold his tongue? — Elizabeth Goudge

If the Son was begotten by the Holy Ghost, it would be very dangerous to baptize and confirm females, and give the Holy Ghost to them, lest he should beget children, to be palmed upon the Elders by the people, bringing the Elders into great difficulties — Brigham Young

And so the Holiness of God is that infinite Perfection by which He keeps Himself free from all that is not Divine, and yet has fellowship with the creature, and takes it up into union with Himself, destroying and casting out all that will not yield itself to Him. — Andrew Murray

I know I'm ready to give feedback when: I'm ready to sit next to you rather than across from you; I'm willing to put the problem in front of us rather than between us (or sliding it toward you); I'm ready to listen, ask questions, and accept that I may not fully understand the issue; I want to acknowledge what you do well instead of picking apart your mistakes; I recognize your strengths and how you can use them to address your challenges; I can hold you accountable without shaming or blaming you; I'm willing to own my part; I can genuinely thank you for your efforts rather than criticize you for your failings; I can talk about how resolving these challenges will lead to your growth and opportunity; and I can model the vulnerability and openness that I expect to see from you. — Brene Brown

My father was a naturalist and a very spiritual person, who had a great desire to pass on his knowledge to others, so that they could receive the benefits of Jiu Jitsu as well. Growing up in this environment, I learned the art of Jiu Jitsu is actually a method through which one strives for self-perfection. — Carlos Gracie Jr.

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

Philosophical theories or ideas, as points of view, instruments of criticism, may help us to gather up what might otherwise pass unregarded by us. — Walter Pater

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

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

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

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

There's an unwritten law that you cannot have a Jewish character in a film who isn't 100 percent perfect, or you're labeled anti-Semitic. — Spike Lee

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

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

It was easy to run around barefoot in oblivion in Costa Rica. But once I gave birth to my child, I didn't want to be oblivious to the obvious. — Carolyn Murphy