"We shouldn't just consider the desire of government to do what it wants to do. We should always consider the resistance of people. The culture of Iranian people doesn't let the government drag people into deep trouble or backlash. Maybe government wants it, but the culture doesn't let it go on."

-- Shirin Ebadi

#Government Quotes #People Quotes #Desire Quotes

“Cease negative mental chattering. If you think a thing is impossible, you'll make it impossible. Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed.”
“Many composers today don't know what the human throat is.”
“We can always stick together when we are losing, but tend to find means of breaking up when we're winning. In Grace under Pressure, by Hastie, 1984.”
“It's the safety valve of middle life, and the solace of age.”
“Sex, sexual dynamics and how we define our sexuality, is one of the major deals in everyone's life.”
“Doing the unrealistic is easier than doing the realistic.”
“I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.”
“We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the whole area of politics.”

Source : Interview with Bruce Cole, www.neh.gov. May/June 2005.

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