"Khomeini obviously had many problems, but he had one clever side to him. He never made economic promises to people and as a result, he never led to dissatisfaction in this perspective. Because they need to get votes, they use misleading slogans. And this leads to rising expectations. I had a personal experience."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Akbar Ganji

#Clever Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Perspective Quotes

“The best ally you can have in breaking up a street fight is a grandmother.”
“There are two main strategies we can try to improve the quality of life. The first is to try making external conditions match our goals. The second is to change how we experience external conditions to make them fit our goals better.”
“Brittney, it was wrong to murder even before Moses brought down the commandments. Right and wrong doesn't come from God. It's inside us. And we know it. And even if God appears right in front of us, and tells us to our faces to murder, it's still wrong.”
“Looking for Narnia? Youâ€™re in the wrong universe”
“When a player gets to 30, so does his body”
“They say that Nero started the fire himself because he needed a suitable backdrop for his concert.”
“I personally love sportswear, and love using it in high fashion.”
“May we not have a picture of Christ, who has a true body? By no means; because, though he has a true body and a reasonable soul, John 1:14, yet his human nature subsists in his divine person, which no picture can represent, Psalm 45:2. Why ought all pictures of Christ to be abominated by Christians? Because they are downright lies, representing no more than the picture of a mere man: whereas, the true Christ is God-man”

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