"I want my daughters to be respected as human beings; that's the country I'm fighting for."

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Source : "Fawzia Koofi targets Afghan presidency as fight for women's rights continues". Interview with Lizzy Davies, www.theguardian.com. February 17, 2012.

Fawzia Koofi

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“Genius as an explosive power beats gunpowder hollow; and if knowledge, which should give that power guidance, is wanting, the chances are not small that the rocket will simply run amuck among friends and foes.”
“Marriage is not slavery. It is based on a love relationship deeply rooted in freedom. Each partner is free from the other and therefore free to love the other. Where there is control, or perception of control, there is not love. Love only exists where there is freedom.”
“Belief is self-knowing. Even Yoda out of Star Wars said, do or do not. There is no 'try'”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Everyone across America is tightening their belts. The only place it hasn't happened is D.C.”
“Monday Night Football. That was everything to me because you get a chance to show everybody what you're capable of. It's only two teams on that Monday night.”
“Most comedy comes out of misery.”

Source : "Seth Rogen: My cancer comedy bromance". Interview with Simon Hattenstone, www.theguardian.com. November 11, 2011.
“It is true that water will flow indifferently to east and west, but will it flow equally well up and down? Human nature is disposed toward goodness, just as water tends to flow downwards. There is no water but flows downwards, and no man but shows his tendency to be good. Now, by striking water hard, you may splash it higher than your forehead, and by damming it, you may make it go uphill. But, is that the nature of water? It is external force that causes it to do so. Likewise, if a man is made to do what is not good, his nature is being similarly forced.”
“The most human thing we can do is comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”

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