"Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home."

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Source : Interview with Amitabh Pal, progressive.org. September 1, 2004.

Shirin Ebadi

#Mother Quotes #Home Quotes #Men Quotes

“One of the better guarantors of ending up in a good relationship: an advanced capacity to be alone.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 16, 2014
“The opportunity to experience yourself differently is always available.”
“But if the vision is strong enough, and your goals are steady, and you believe, pretty soon you bring other people with you.”
“In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each other as are performances and the conditions on how the performances are given and how they're edited and so forth.”
“Greenspan tells us what to do. Someone should take him out and hang him.”
“As a matter of fact, I constantly tell audiences all over the world that the single greatest icon of American culture from the publication of "To Kill A Mockingbird" was that novel so that if we say, what conversation can we have that would lead us on a road of tolerance, and teachers have decided that if you're going to teach values in a school in America, the answer that American teachers at all kinds of schools have come up with, just let Harper Lee teach "To Kill A Mockingbird." And then all the teacher has to do is stand back and guide the discussion.”
“Milliseconds influence centuries.”
“Stupidity talks, vanity acts.”

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