Simin Daneshvar Quotes

I wish the world was run by women. Women who have given birth and know the value of their creation.

Simin Daneshvar

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: iranian
  • Birth: April 28, 1921 - March 8, 2012

Topics

WomenValueWorldWishKnowRun

Often when we reach great heights in life, we forget who brought us there. Well, I have not.

Jesse White

LifeGreatReachHeightsForgetUs

'Hedwig' is not autobiographical, but what she goes through is clearly a big metaphor. She doesn't want to be what she is, but she comes to an understanding that what happened to her has actually made her whole.

John Cameron Mitchell

UnderstandingWantSheClearlyBig

As a reader, I notice political views regardless of whether or not the book is fiction. What annoys me is when said views do nothing to advance the narrative.

Jen Lancaster

MeBookPoliticalSaidNothing

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

John Cleese

TruthMeIdeasBetterLaughYou

A face isn't an organ, like a liver or a heart. A face is muscles, nerves, bones, and skin. A face is more like a hand or a foot.

Jeanne Marie Laskas

HeartFaceSkinHandMoreLiver

My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled.

Jean Racine

EyesLightDayDeathBackPurity

It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al Qaeda's intentions to kill even innocent civilian prisoners.

John Yoo

InnocentDesireIntentionsNever

It shouldn't take an emergency for this Administration to deal with the health care needs of our nation's heroes. Funding the VA and our bringing our troops home safely should never be treated as an afterthought.

John Salazar

HomeHealthCareNeverHeroesTake

People get really turned off by feminism.

Amy Schumer

PeopleFeminismGetOffReally

How many times have you been watching an episode of 'South Park' and thought, 'I'd like to be able to watch this on my television while hooked into my mobile device, which is being controlled by my tablet device which is hooked into my oven, all while sitting in the refrigerator?'

Trey Parker

ThoughtYouTelevisionSittingPark

I'm an actor doing a job, but I'm also living a life.

Jason Clarke

LifeJobDoingLivingActorAlso

I always had this vision of what I wanted to do in life.

Clarence Clemons

LifeVisionAlwaysWantedHad

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