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Ismail Merchant

"We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie."

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"We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie."

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Asa Don Brown

"To say, 'he lacks understanding', about someone is an open kashay (inner weakness of anger-pride-deceit-greed)."

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Asa Don Brown

"Those see nothing but faults that seek for nothing else."

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Asa Don Brown

"Opinion is usually something which people have when they lack comprehensive information."

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Asa Don Brown

"Looks sure can be deceiving: not every 'ugly' person is a 'bad' person (or is guilty of whatever it is that they are accused of)."

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Asa Don Brown

"There is a fine line between fair criticism and jealous assault."

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Asa Don Brown

"Never make decisions when you are super angry or super excited. When the emotional center is at the Peak the logical awareness is at the bottom!!!"

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Asa Don Brown

"If somebody says to you the quote"don't judge the book by its cover", then better first close your eyes for a moment and try not to judge anybody at all. Even much better if you don't have to believe in 100% with that quote."

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Asa Don Brown

"Ask a sage, he will explain.Ask a fool, he will complain."

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Asa Don Brown

"People can be creul,people can be mean, what they say about us is not true it makes it there opinion, and it doesnt mean thats how the rest of the world see's it."

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Asa Don Brown

"I think preconceived ideas or prejudgments are meant to give us an edge whenever we are dealing with others we don't know or haven't made the effort to understand."

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Ismail Merchant
"Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims, but it's also the language of the Hindus."

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Ismail Merchant
"The mixture of the Trinidadian people and the Indian people has caused a new culture to emerge."

People

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Ismail Merchant
"It's about a father and daughter and the daughter's friend and her relationship with her current husband."

Father

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Ismail Merchant
"Well, the musicals give emphasis to love, longing, melancholy, sadness. All of that is always there."

Love

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Ismail Merchant
"It's about a young man who has climbed to fame and he discovers that his writing and the relationship with his wife are really more important for him than anything else."

Wife

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Ismail Merchant
"This is one of his most human and most amusing and witty novels. The characters are very Indian. I decided that I wanted to do a comedy, so this was just the right one."

Comedy

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Ismail Merchant
"I feel very proud that we have managed to stay together. In these forty years we have made forty-six films. Each one has brought a certain name and contribution to cinema."

Cinema

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Ismail Merchant
"We have gotten some terrible reviews at times but if we depended on the judgment of the studios or critics, we never would have made more than one movie."

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Ismail Merchant
"Well, I am from India and I wanted to make films in English for the international market in India. So that was really the main thing, and then of course economically it was cheaper to make films in India."

Language

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Ismail Merchant
"A few words of Hindi appear here or there, but it's all Urdu. I feel that if the popular culture, which is what Hindi films are, uses Urdu, it's not going to diminish."

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