Shirin Ebadi Quotes

When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group.

Shirin Ebadi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: lawyer
  • Nationality: iranian
  • Birth: June 21, 1947

Topics

FunnyGovernmentSayGroupNever

My younger sister Debby had died of cancer, which started me writing - the sense of life being short. Cancer focuses your mind.

Meg Rosoff

LifeMindMeSisterWritingShort

What will not woman, gentle woman dare; when strong affection stirs her spirit up?

Robert Southey

WomanStrongAffectionWillSpirit

I do what I want and don't care about the others.

Mauro Icardi

CareWantOthersAbout

At what point in time can our government fire someone whose gross negligence left four Americans dead in Benghazi?

Jeff Duncan

TimeFireGovernmentSomeoneDead

Men were not intended to work with the accuracy of tools, to be precise and perfect in all their actions.

John Ruskin

WorkMenToolsPerfectAccuracy

Language mavens commonly confuse their own peeves with a worsening of the language.

Steven Pinker

LanguageOwnConfuseCommonly

I can't say that I'm always writing in my head but I do spend a lot of time in my head writing or coming up with ideas. And what I do usually is write the music and melody and then, you know, maybe the basic idea. But when I feel that I don't have a song or just say, God, please give me another song. And I just am quiet and it happens.

Stevie Wonder

MusicGodTimeMeIdeasSong

I wish Michael Sam nothing but the best in his quest to become a star in the NFL,and I am confident he will get the opportunity to show what he can do on the field.

Tony Dungy

OpportunityBestI AmConfidentWish

I like smart movies about smart people, and enjoy it when most of the facts are on the table and we can contemplate them together.

Roger Ebert

TogetherSmartPeopleFactsEnjoy

When I was on the road with Billy Bragg, it was cool because I was doing the whole thing solo and travel a lot by myself, which I quite like. I mean, I love being with friends, but it's kind of nice having that alone time.

Courtney Barnett

LoveAloneTimeMyselfTravelCool

'The Expats' is a thriller, but one that tends more toward general fiction than toward breathless pulp.

Chris Pavone

MoreFictionGeneralThanBreathless

I always choose to remember the moment that was the best of Jeanne Cooper - those photos where she's in that wild dress triumphantly hoisting up the Emmy the night she finally won the damn thing. She was so proud, so happy.

Corbin Bernsen

MomentBestDressHappyNightProud

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