"The United States is a big country but unfortunately it seems it has the brain of a little bird not befitting the greatness of the country."

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Source : "Iran's ex-president: U.S should show goodwill". Interview with Barbara Slavin, usatoday30.usatoday.com. February 6, 2005.

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

#Country Quotes #Greatness Quotes #Bird Quotes

“The present dominant values (xenophilia, cosmopolitanism, narcissistic individualism, humanitarianism, bourgeois economism, hedonism, homophilia, permissivenes, etc.) are actually anti-values - values of devirilising weakness, since they deplete a civilization's vital energies and weaken its defensive or affirmative capacities.”
“Didn't I seize the fire of ideas and make them leap, tear, fly, sing”

Source : Tom Paulin (2011). “Seize the Fire: A Version of Aeschylus's 'Prometheus Bound'”, p.10, Faber & Faber
“Wearing a mask wears you out. Faking it is fatiguing. The most exhausting activity is pretending to be what you know you aren't.”
“England is surrounded by enemies-by real enemies who hate her. Why? Because she tries to be honest; and she tries to be free.”

Source : "Modern Eloquence: Vol III, After-Dinner Speeches P-Z". Book by Thomas B. Reed, 1903.
“I you're in prayer, take care of your heart. If you're eating, take cre of your throat. If you're in another man's house, take care of your eyes. If you among people, take care of your tongue.”
“Going out is such a hassle. The singles club scene where you sit down, talk, get to know each other, hang out-it's such a big ordeal.”
“Nothing useless can be truly beautiful.”
“When your dad is a country music fan and you take long car trips, you become one too.”

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