"Happy are those who have departed through martyrdom. Unhappy am I that I still survive.... Taking this decision is more deadly than drinking from a poisoned chalice. I submitted myself to Allah's will and took this drink for His satisfaction."

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Source : Ruhollah Khomeini's announcement of ceasefire with Iraq (July 20, 1988), as quoted in Efraim Karsh "The Iran-Iraq War, 1980-1988", April 25, 2002.

Ruhollah Khomeini

#Drinking Quotes #Decision Quotes #Departed Quotes

“Silence is the garment of light.”
“If you can't make it go away, wait it out.”
“There are like twenty people in that waiting room right now. Some of them are related to you. Some of them are not. But we're all your family.' "She stops now. Leans over me so that the wisps of her hair tickle my face. She kisses me on the forehead. 'You still have a family,' she whispers.”
“I'm a huge sports fan.”
“I think that being perceptive and having interests is nothing but an asset.”
“As you get to know me, you kind of figure me out, that I'm not as probably as bad of a guy that I've been reported to be. I'm not that jerk.”
“And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposedâ€”if all records told the same taleâ€”then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.”
“I've always noticed that girls cry way easier than guys do.”

Source : "Michael Pena Interview the Lincoln Lawyer; Updates on Tower Heist and 30 Minutes or Less". Press Day Interview, collider.com. March 17, 2011.

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