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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
Abbas Kiarostami
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Abbas Kiarostami
Age: 75 †
Born: 1940
Born: January 1
Died: 2016
Died: January 1
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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I think life is so difficult to catch, it's so furtive, that a copy, a film, can in no way catch it and represent it.
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I have no advice for anyone on how to live.
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