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Quotes by Iranian Authors
"We don't have a major problem right now in our country, and life is normal. Things like unemployment, which the youth are suffering from, and the rate of inflation - these are chronic conditions and we have to solve them."
"The issue of human rights is one of the most fundamental human issues and also one of the most sensitive and controversial."
"A problem was the lack of cooperation of the Afghan community itself. The women, though living in Iran, were under cover and not willing to participate in the film, and none of the ethnic groups were willing to work together or be together."
"In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered."
"Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world."
"When al-Qaeda was on the run from Afghanistan crossing through Iran, some were arrested and they are imprisoned. Some of them are charged with some actions in Iran."
"Establishing an equilibrium between the Islam of truth and Islam as an identity is one of the most difficult tasks of religious intellectuals."
"Why this candle?Why this cake?The day of my birth is not today.I was born when you said, 'Hey."
"We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it."
"And I gave this directive to them, that if they free our assets in the United States, that would be a sign of goodwill. I have the same idea this time."
"If a group of people feels that it has been humiliated and that its honour has been trampled underfoot, it will want to express its identity and this expression of an identity will take different shapes and forms."
"If you can love one person, you can love everyone."
"You think I'm giving up. I'm not. I'm giving in."
"To live with you is to live.To live without you is to die."
"We grow old judging othersAnd ourselvesUntil life humbles usAnd makes scared children of usLonging to hold another's handTo hear their kind words And witness their kind deeds done on our behalf.But like children,We sabotage everythingFor nothing satisfies usUntil life crumbles usAnd we are no more."
"There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan."
"This is the only truth in the world that was necessary yesterday, is necessary today, and will continue to be necessary tomorrow: be conscious of now."
"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."
"I came to pen another poem for you, but even every unwritten poem is you."
"They can award me with the greatest accolades and reward me with the finest diamonds. They can name days and streets after me, canonise and celebrate me. They can make me the queen of their kingdom, the president of their nation. They can carry my picture in their wallets and whisper my name in their prayers but, tell me, what is all this worth if your voice isn't the one calling me home?"
"The reason as to why we are attracted to our opposites is because they are our salvation from the burden of being ourselves."
"You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist."
"In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear."
"The United States' administrations... must recognize that Iran is a big power. Having said that, we consider ourselves to be a human force and a cultural power and hence a friend of other nations. We have never sought to dominate others or to violate the rights of any other country."
"Why is your skin the best feeling in the world?"
"We exist only to exist."
"If the invaders reach Iran, the country will turn into a burning hell for them."
"Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in."
"Put down your glass, it is time to dance. If you want to get drunk all you need is to drink love. Put down your pipe and do away with these childish toys. If you want to get high all you need is to breathe love. Now, can I have this dance?"
"Before you, nothing.Now you, and everything."
"We are all lost, so lost, vulnerable and insecure. We are separated from love at birth, we are separated from God, from each other. All we want, all we yearn for is to connect."
"Love is the most integral function of our lives. That is why LOVE is only one letter away from LIVE."
"This poem was meant to be unwritten. But I am writing it now and have thereby changed destiny."
"To see her is to be seduced by her."
"We do not trust the goodwill of the U.S. They have cut the ties."
"There is no revelation in my words. I am merely stating what others have forgotten to write down."
"I'm not here to grant you the extraordinary love you never had for yourself. I'm here, on my own accord, to love you. So that when you stare into my mirror eyes, you may see how extraordinary you are."
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