"After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people."

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Source : Le Monde Interview in Paris, January 9, 1979.

Ruhollah Khomeini

#Iran Quotes #People Quotes #President Quotes

“I still believe in the need for guitars and drums and desperate poetry.”

Source : Song: I Still Believe, Album: England Keep My Bones, 2011
“I only take vitamin B complex. Before World War II, I used to take ionized yeast, because in the pre-war era we never heard about vitamins.”
“You don't really want to load up a whole lot, probably anything more than four hours before the race. I needed something to make me feel full, but I certainly didn't want it to make me feel stuffed.”
“The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles.”

Source : "An Interview with Mary Harron". The Believer Magazine, Issue One Hundred Six, believermag.com. March 1, 2014.
“Recognize your victories.”
“I was raised as a Calvinist, which is doctrine-driven. And though there are many things wrong with Calvinism, you are at least encouraged to argue about things.”
“The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”

Source : J.D. Salinger (1951). “The Catcher in the Rye”
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