"It is amazing how, when all possibilities seem to be taken away from you, the minutest opening can become a great freedom."

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Source : Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.28, Random House

Azar Nafisi

#Taken Quotes #Possibility Quotes #Away From You Quotes

“There's never been a civilization, ever in history, that has embraced homosexuality and turned away from traditional fidelity and traditional marriage, traditional child rearing, and has survived.”
“Faith is mind at its best, its bravest, and its fiercest. Faith is thought become poetry, and absorbing into itself the soul's great, passions. Faith is intellect carried up to its transfigurement.”
“I love thrillers. I would even read certain science fiction, although I haven't been a devotee for many years.”

Source : Source: www.identitytheory.com
“Once you become aware that the main business that you are here for is to know God, most of life's problems fall into place of their own accord.”

Source : "Knowing God". Book by James Packer, 1973.
“Every thought creates form on some level and all that our physical experience is - is a reflection of our thoughts.”
“All those songs are totally timeless. They'll always stand up because they came from a real place. They weren't crafted songs. They were written from the heart.”
“I don't want to get into being too hockey centered, but I just felt like the late 70's and 80's into the 90's was the right time period to tell the story.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“My scientific work is motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of nature and by no other feeling. My love for justice and striving to contribute towards the improvement of human conditions are quite independent from my scientific interests.”

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