"Any person who pursues human rights in Iran must live with fear from birth to death, but I have learned to overcome my fear."

-- Shirin Ebadi

#Iran Quotes #Rights Quotes #Overcoming Quotes

“I was arrested for lip-syncing karaoke.”
“If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.”

Source : "Nigerian authors condemn country's new anti-gay law" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2014.
“I didn't lose. I got second. That's still winning. How could I be unhappy with second place? There are a million people who would love to be in my position.”
“If you take a movie like Easy Rider which everyone counts as the beginning of New Hollywood, that is a big movement. And then, when you really dissect that film and the people that were behind that movie, you realize that it has Roger Corman written all over it. Easy Rider is a hybrid film, taking The Trip and The Wild Angels and making a new explosion. And the people that were making it, guess what, they were all [people who had worked with Roger Corman].”

Source : Source: collider.com
“when there's an elephant in the room, you can't pretend it isn't there and just discuss the ants.”

Source : Ellen Wittlinger (2012). “Blind Faith”, p.70, Simon and Schuster
“We will introduce an electric car by 2015. It will be a completely new vehicle concept for mega-cities. We would also have it developed if, contrary to expectations, it did not turn a profit in its first life cycle.”
“Even the smallest and most trivial thing can bring you happiness when you do it for another.”

Source : "As a Peace-loving Global Citizen" by Sun Myung Moon, (p. 139), 2009.
“Be humble, be grateful, give back, share, pay it forward, chase your dreams, go for it, and take a moment to remember where it is ALL from.”

Source : Twitter post from Jul 9, 2012

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