Azadeh Moaveni famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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You can have an elected parliament that makes laws, but if the judiciary is appointed by the Supreme Leader - who is a representative of God - then you're kind of at an impasse.
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Whether Iranians are drinking wine in the evening or painting something "offensive," they choose not to dwell on the fact that they could receive some seventh-century punishment. Laws are inconsistently enforced, and you can usually pay off police to look the other way.
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I think Iran is the kind of place where it's difficult to predict what's going to trigger structural change. It's hard to also predict the role that civil disobedience or mass protests could play.
-- Azadeh Moaveni
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Be with a leader when he is right, stay with him when he is still right, but, leave him when he is wrong.
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The Muslim leaders swallow the advice of the Western powers and bodies like the IMF and World Bank, even when it is bad for their countries and they know this.
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One People, one Reign, one Leader.
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I think I'm the kind of person who would be very difficult to employ - I'm pretty annoying, but driven.
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He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.
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Honestly, I've always had difficulty relaxing, unwinding and going to bed - that kind of stuff.
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Big writers become a kind of shared climate.
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Is there a short-eared koobish, then?' Mmmyes ...' said J.Lo. 'But it is technically not really a koobish. Is more alike a kind of singing pumpkin.' We had conversations like these all the time, where I just eventually gave up.
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Let me get this straight," I say. "You're practically ordering me to die. What kind of guidance counselor are you?
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The proper role of the judiciary is one of interpreting and applying the law, not making it.
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