"The problem is that Iran has been identified as a dangerous enemy, and the longer the media forwards that proposition - and the media is guilty, just as it was in the Iraq war - then the easier it becomes for Americans to accept that we might just have to resort to military force to remove any Iranian threat."

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Source : "Interview with Hooman Majd: US-Iran Relations in the Age of the Ayatollah". Interview with Jon Letman, mronline.org. October 4, 2010.

Hooman Majd

#Military Quotes #War Quotes #Media Quotes

“Your God is too Small”

Source : John Bertram Phillips (1984). “The newborn Christian: 114 readings from J.B. Phillips”, Macmillan Pub Co
“If you are what you eat then feed me dope.”
“Koons's work has always stood apart for its one-at-a-time perfection, epic theatricality, a corrupted, almost sick drive for purification, and an obsession with traditional artistic values.”
“I'm restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again. ANAÃS NIN, Fire: From "A Journal of Love" The Unexpurgated Diary of AnaÃ¯s Nin, 1934-1938 For me, the adventures of the mind, each inflection of thought, each movement, nuance, growth, discovery, is a source of exhilaration.”
“Life is a continuous exercise in creative problem solving.”
“The connection of the car to the driver is the seat. You are strapped in tightly in it. On the motorcycle, you can move around. The G-forces feel different. It's probably harder to change from the car to the motorcycle.”
“Asking about a time before the beginning of our spherical spacetime is like asking what lies north of the North Pole. There is no such thing.”

Source : Taner Edis (2002). “The Ghost in the Universe: God in Light of Modern Science”, Pyr Books
“I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics - especially if you're there for a long time.”

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