"The crisis besetting America is not just an economic or political crisis; something deeper is wreaking havoc across the land, a mercenary and utilitarian attitude that demonstrates little empathy for peopleâ€™s actual well-being, that dismisses imagination and thought, branding passion for knowledge as irrelevant."

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Source : Azar Nafisi (2014). “The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books”, p.20, Penguin

Azar Nafisi

#Attitude Quotes #Passion Quotes #Land Quotes

“For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men.”
“Seems to me the basic conflict between men and women, sexually, is that men are like firemen. To men, sex is an emergency, and no matter what we're doing we can be ready in two minutes. Women, on the other hand, are like fire. They're very exciting, but the conditions have to be exactly right for it to occur.”
“Never accept your limitations - because there are NO limitations.”
“Your inner strength is your outer foundation”
“When I talk to people who believe in this global warming crap... it's fake science. They may have educations and degrees that say they are scientists, but they're not. They're political hacks and leftists.”
“I don't think I have nerves of steel, far from it, but I can certainly stand up to things. I am not afraid to look suffering straight in the eyes.”

Source : Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.545, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“I have a room all to myself; it is nature.”
“I don't like the compression on compact discs. It's lacking in air, and it's lacking in majesty.”

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