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Shirin Ebadi

"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."

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"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."

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Donna Grant

"Everything is funny, as long as it's happening to somebody else."

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"If I studied all my life, I couldn't think up half the number of funny things passed in one session of congress."

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Donna Grant

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

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Donna Grant

"Leno, Conan. They are both really funny. They really know how to land one."

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"I don't think the public is dying to see me necessarily be funny all the time."

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Donna Grant

"Jim Carrey, a comic genius, has a harder time overcoming the public's desire for him to be funny simply because he's so good at it."

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Donna Grant

"I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over."

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Donna Grant

"We have actors from other films, from 'Baywatch,' and so on, and these people are looking exactly the opposite of what they are. The transformations were so smooth, and so funny to watch, it was unbelievable."

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Donna Grant

"I walked in thinking, 'I have ten movies under my belt and now they want me to go back to making commercials?' I said, if I do that, I want it to be funny."

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Donna Grant

"It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music."

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Shirin Ebadi
"Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization."

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Shirin Ebadi
"No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government."

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Shirin Ebadi
"Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran."

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Shirin Ebadi
"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."

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Shirin Ebadi
"Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy; there is just democracy itself."

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Shirin Ebadi
"Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home."

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Shirin Ebadi
"We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure."

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Shirin Ebadi
"How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear."

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"The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights."

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Shirin Ebadi
"Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants."

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