"Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose."

-- Azar Nafisi

#Passion Quotes #Past Quotes #Order Quotes

“The Hollywood tradition I like best is called â€œsucking up to the stars.”
“Make the subtle shift from pushing ourselves to be the best in the world, to allowing ourselves to be the best for the world.”
“As I said, there are two approaches-first, a strong economy, stability and helping families or, secondly, the Tory cuts, the undermining of stability, and a return to the boom and bust of the 1990s.”

Source : www.publications.parliament.uk. March 17, 2005.
“It was magic, I felt the bond between us. She was a jelly to my peanuts, Mars to Venus, The Earth to my sun, moon and stars, We added up mathematically... It's like I had a bad habit, B!”

Source : Song: The Center of Attraction
“Okay, I'm in the tampon aisle, but I don't see it.”
“Every word has consequences. Every silence, too.”
“That which makes you miserable is the only sin. That which takes you away from yourself is the only thing to be avoided.”
“It's funny, the hardest thing to do is to make something look like it's fast, loose and improvised, and get somebody to laugh.”

Source : "Dwight Howard: The ESQ+A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. October 17, 2011.

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