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"But, in fact, there is nothing that can bring you closer to fearlessness about everything else in the world than being a parent - because everyday fears - like not being approved of - pale by comparison to the fears you have about your children."
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"The fact that the Prophet cared for every human being and tried his best to ensure their security in the hereafter must be the most telling of his compassionate and merciful characteristics."
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"Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something."
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"I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free."
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"A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable."
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"I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded."
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"You're better off being a brick layer if you're going to play guitar than a sheet metal worker."
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"I mean being a writer is like being a psychoanalyst, but you don't get any patients."
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"I can't begin to describe the amount of crap I've taken for being a lousy free-throw shooter."
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"The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded."
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"I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European."
Work
"It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set."
Time
"But I notice that there is a lack of darkness in my movies and I don't know where that comes from."
Movies
"I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever."
Love
"Many of the comedies I had made in Sweden were slightly based on semi-autobiographical experiences, so adapting novels was a very different experience."
Experience
"A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality."
Quality
"It's just, for me, the natural standard: a woman should be able to decide over her own body."
Body
"I can't go back and label myself as an outcast because I was a pretty well-adjusted kid, but I can certainly relate to the feeling of being an outsider."
Being
"I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much."
Character
"My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot."
Sacrifice
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