“I have learned to do what I want without hurting anyone. I've learned ...” — Nadine Labaki Quote

“I have learned to do what I want without hurting anyone. I've learned how to get away with it, with everything. I'm getting away with what I'm trying to do on film but also in my own way.”

“I don't like to work with people I don't have any connection with.”

“I like to believe that my actors are not acting. That whatever they are doing, or whatever has been said, would happen in real life.”

“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?”

“Films can make you dream. They allow you to imagine a different world. It's why I decided to become a filmmaker. I wanted that even though it seemed impossible.”

“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.”

“Since we're all Mother Earth's children, I like to think that more and more of us will be out there helping her against those who are hurting her.”

“I think one of the keys to any crime-prevention program that's got to be developed is to focus on punishment - to let people know that there is a sanction and a punishment for hurting others.”

“I'm independent. If a guy is too clingy or needy, I actually get afraid of hurting him - and I can't deal with that.”

“There's no text that can replace a loving touch when someone we love is hurting.”

“Everyone there including President Mugabe knows something needs to change because so many people are hurting.”

“I wrote my children's book because I believe there are children that are hurting and may need to know that there is love out there for them- God's love.”