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Azar Nafisi Quotes

When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: writer
Nationality: iranian
Birth: 1955

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Dreams Age Become First Point Star

I personally would rather raise my child in New York. It seems like it would be easier to make sure she or he gets a whole bunch of experience and understanding of the world. But, people in general think it's easier to raise a kid when you don't have so much stuff in your face.

Experience New York Child People You

The jellyfish doesn't actively move anywhere - it's just moved with the tides. Is that what man is? Man's just the jellyfish: stuff happens to you, and you get twisted in different directions.

Man You Twisted Move Get Different

'Hamlet' is the best description of grief I've read because it dramatizes grief rather than merely describing it.

Meghan O'Rourke

Grief Best Because Read Rather Than

You can stay too long in a job, that's for sure. But by the same token, in the 12 years I have been CEO of GE, there have been four CEOs of Toshiba. So there's too short a time to do it, and there's too long a time to do it.

Jeffrey R. Immelt

Time Job Short Long You Same

It's a matter of keeping people on a spontaneous edge.

People Edge Matter Spontaneous

Various Turkish people invaded southwest Asia during the Middle Ages and carved an empire for themselves from lands occupied by the indigenous Semitic and Indo-European inhabitants.

People Empire Middle Indigenous Asia

The first, and overarching, count in the new indictment is that slavery permitted one group of people to exercise unrestrained personal domination over another group of people.

People Slavery Exercise New Personal

In a time of serious budget deficits, immense war costs and a sluggish economy, we cannot afford to grant such outlandish subsidies to some of our Nation's largest corporations.

Time War Budget Serious Economy

Our will makes constantly a sort of agreement with the world, whereby, if the world will continually show some respect to the will, the will shall consent to be strenuous in its industry.

Respect World Will Industry Consent

Honestly, I don't know enough about what's a good timeslot and what isn't. Either you have a timeslot where nobody is really tuning in, which isn't good, or you're in a good hour, and then you've got a lot of competition.

Good Competition Enough You Know

One thing you cannot control is nature.

Nature Control You Cannot One Thing

I want to be competitive; I want to run all over - I want to win.

Win Want Run Over Competitive

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