Same topic Authors
Quote of the day

Dread of disaster makes everybody act in the very way that increases the disaster. Psychologically the situation is analogous to that of people trampled to death when there is a panic in a theatre caused by a cry of `Fire!'.

Popular Topics
Ideas, Life Is Good, Live, Impossible, Justice, Life, House, Story, Leadership, Jesus, Butterfly, Home, Pregnancy, Body, Name, Songs, Things, Movie Love, Feelings, Dress, Success, Memorable, Inspired, Kids, Talent, Food, Adventure, Private Life, Light, Inspirational Life, Children, Living My Life, Poet, Involve, Math, Looking For Love, Lifetime, Peace And Love, Confidence, Hope, Art, Bear, Wisdom, Feeling, Difference, Heart, Perfect Love, Important, Philosophy, Education
Azar Nafisi

When I walked down the streets, I asked myself, are these my people?, is this my hometown, am I who I am?

Asked, Down, Hometown, People, Streets, Who I Am
Same Author Quotes

Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose.

Hitler, Mythological, Order, Passion, Past, Religion

Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in.

Born, Country, Exile, Lots, Times

The best work of literature to represent the American Dream is 'The Great Gatsby' by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It shows us how dreaming can be tainted by reality, and that if you don't compromise, you may suffer.

American, Dream, Fitzgerald, Reality, Suffering, Work

The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal.

Iran, Past, Present, Rights, Terrorism, Universal

Poor reading, like poor writing, is imposing what you already know on texts. You should go into reading to discover, not to reaffirm what you know.

Imposing, Like, Poor, Reading, Texts, Writing
Similar Quotes