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Quotes by Iranian Authors

"Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people."
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Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
"Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people."
"Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants."
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Shirin Ebadi
"Sadly the job security of lawyers has been ruined, so they are less willing to defend political defendants."
"People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others."
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
"People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others."
"All kinds of people read poetry: revolutionaries, scholars, sentimentalists etc. But above all else, lovers read poetry. Why? Because we fell in love. And then we fell in love with love."
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Kamand Kojouri
"All kinds of people read poetry: revolutionaries, scholars, sentimentalists etc. But above all else, lovers read poetry. Why? Because we fell in love. And then we fell in love with love."
"He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God."
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Saadi
"He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God."
God,
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"I've written you sixty-seven love poems.Here's another one for you.But really, for me.These poems are the candles that I light with the fire you have ignited in me.I place this candle here and another thereso even if the stars have argued with the moonand are sulking away in a corner, you can still find your way to me.Sixty-eight poems now. What does the future hold for us?Joy? Disappointment? Gentle caresses? And subtle neglect?I hope the good is more than the bad. Much more. For what is the point of loveif by lighting these candlesour own flame loses its brightness?I know the good is more than the bad. Much more.I cannot wait to write you sixty-nine."
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Kamand Kojouri
"I've written you sixty-seven love poems.Here's another one for you.But really, for me.These poems are the candles that I light with the fire you have ignited in me.I place this candle here and another thereso even if the stars have argued with the moonand are sulking away in a corner, you can still find your way to me.Sixty-eight poems now. What does the future hold for us?Joy? Disappointment? Gentle caresses? And subtle neglect?I hope the good is more than the bad. Much more. For what is the point of loveif by lighting these candlesour own flame loses its brightness?I know the good is more than the bad. Much more.I cannot wait to write you sixty-nine."
"What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt."
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Shirin Ebadi
"What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt."
"Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers."
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
"Today, the Muslim world is the poorest of the global powers."
"Love is the most integral function of our lives. That is why LOVE is only one letter away from LIVE."
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Kamand Kojouri
"Love is the most integral function of our lives. That is why LOVE is only one letter away from LIVE."
"I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh at myself. I want to forget myself. I am so tired."
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Kamand Kojouri
"I am so tired. I have grown old from being serious. I have grown ill from being serious. I want to laugh at myself. I want to forget myself. I am so tired."
"The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam."
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
"The UN structure is one-sided, stacked against the world of Islam."
"The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich."
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Saadi
"The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich."
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"The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan."
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf
"The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan."
"I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not."
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Saadi
"I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not."
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"At a night like this, where it's just me and the yellow moon,I feel complete."
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Kamand Kojouri
"At a night like this, where it's just me and the yellow moon,I feel complete."
"I came to pen another poem for you, but even every unwritten poem is you."
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Kamand Kojouri
"I came to pen another poem for you, but even every unwritten poem is you."
"The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world."
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
"The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world."
"Oh, how scary and wonderful it is that words can change our lives simply by being next to each other."
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Kamand Kojouri
"Oh, how scary and wonderful it is that words can change our lives simply by being next to each other."
"Before you, nothing.Now you, and everything."
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Kamand Kojouri
"Before you, nothing.Now you, and everything."
"Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on my tongue."
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Kamand Kojouri
"Like a child who saves their favourite food on the plate for last, I try to save all thoughts of you for the end of the day so I can dream with the taste of you on my tongue."
"I hope he doesn't know he just touched my leg.And nothing happened."
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Tahereh Mafi
"I hope he doesn't know he just touched my leg.And nothing happened."
"The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots."
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Ayatollah Khamenei
"The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots."
"Miss Rice talks very tough. We have gotten used to this nonsense. Miss Rice is a bit emotional about this, and we predicted that she would have a more emotional approach to this."
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"Miss Rice talks very tough. We have gotten used to this nonsense. Miss Rice is a bit emotional about this, and we predicted that she would have a more emotional approach to this."
"We call a story about love a love story. We call a poem about love a love poem. Well then, my dear, aren't our lives love lives?"
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Kamand Kojouri
"We call a story about love a love story. We call a poem about love a love poem. Well then, my dear, aren't our lives love lives?"
"Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights."
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Shirin Ebadi
"Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights."
"I keep sniffing my skin, pleasantly surprised by how nice it is to smell like a flower. I've never smelled like anything before."
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Tahereh Mafi
"I keep sniffing my skin, pleasantly surprised by how nice it is to smell like a flower. I've never smelled like anything before."
"To live, to truly live, one must consider each and every thing a blessing."
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Kamand Kojouri
"To live, to truly live, one must consider each and every thing a blessing."
"The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich."
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Saadi
"The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich."
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"I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is."
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"I think the elections have gone well, although there is so much insecurity in Iraq. So far during the counting of ballots, there has not been a significant complaint. We have to wait to see what the outcome of the counting is."
"When you get shy, you're simply thinking of yourself. Stop it. Step out of yourself."
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Kamand Kojouri
"When you get shy, you're simply thinking of yourself. Stop it. Step out of yourself."
"I see your painas clearly as I feel my own.I will share your burden so you feel it less.Do not hate this world.Do not hate these people.I will share my hopeso you feel it more.I want you to see our loveas clearly as I feel yours."
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Kamand Kojouri
"I see your painas clearly as I feel my own.I will share your burden so you feel it less.Do not hate this world.Do not hate these people.I will share my hopeso you feel it more.I want you to see our loveas clearly as I feel yours."
"If you can love one person, you can love everyone."
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Kamand Kojouri
"If you can love one person, you can love everyone."
"If all we had were roses, would the thorns then be beautiful?"
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Kamand Kojouri
"If all we had were roses, would the thorns then be beautiful?"
"Knowing you, I understood myself."
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Kamand Kojouri
"Knowing you, I understood myself."
"And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own."
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Kamand Kojouri
"And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own."
"If only we studied the stars as much as we study our own reflections."
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Kamand Kojouri
"If only we studied the stars as much as we study our own reflections."
"The reason as to why we are attracted to our opposites is because they are our salvation from the burden of being ourselves."
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Kamand Kojouri
"The reason as to why we are attracted to our opposites is because they are our salvation from the burden of being ourselves."
"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
"We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure."
"Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran."
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Shirin Ebadi
"Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran."
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"But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan."
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf
"But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan."
"For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights."
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
"For this reason, the expansion of relations with all countries is on the agenda of the Islamic Republic of Iran. I mean balanced relationships, based on mutual respect and observation of each other's rights."
"The best tourist is one without a camera."
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Kamand Kojouri
"The best tourist is one without a camera."
"I'm a winner because I always bet on you."
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Kamand Kojouri
"I'm a winner because I always bet on you."
"We are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear."
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Kamand Kojouri
"We are all born as storytellers. Our inner voice tells the first story we ever hear."
"VX is now a dead issue... It is political, really."
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Saadi
"VX is now a dead issue... It is political, really."
Now,
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"Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake."
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Ayatollah Khomeini
"Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake."
"And there's you. You're just beautiful. Effortlessly beautiful, like nature. You have the trinity of beauty: a beautiful heart, a beautiful mind, and a beautiful soul."
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Kamand Kojouri
"And there's you. You're just beautiful. Effortlessly beautiful, like nature. You have the trinity of beauty: a beautiful heart, a beautiful mind, and a beautiful soul."
"Classical music is the best, and cheapest, mind-altering drug in the world."
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Kamand Kojouri
"Classical music is the best, and cheapest, mind-altering drug in the world."
"I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use."
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Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
"I believe the main solution is to gain the trust of Europe and America and to remove their concerns over the peaceful nature of our nuclear industry and to assure them that there will never be a diversion to military use."
"The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights."
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Shirin Ebadi
"The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights."
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