"Living in the Islamic Republic is like having sex with someone you loathe."

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Source : Azar Nafisi (2003). “Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books”, p.329, Random House

Azar Nafisi

#Sex Quotes #Islamic Quotes #Republic Quotes

“You've got to have something to eat and a little love in your life before you can hold still for any damn body's sermon on how to behave.”

Source : Billie Holiday, William Dufty (2011). “Lady Sings the Blues: The 50th-Anniversay Edition with a Revised Discography”, p.198, Broadway Books
“A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.”
“First, draw off your hearts, because Jesus Christ, the Head, is risen and ascended upon high, and there sits at the right hand of His Father; and if the Head is in heaven, where should the members be but where the Head is? Shall Christ our Head be in heaven, and shall our hearts, which are His members, lie groveling on the ground and panting after the dust of the earth, making all our inquiry and labor after these? 'If Christ our Head be risen, seek those things that are above, where Christ sits at God's right hand.'”
“Is it...dead?" asked Tom, his voice all quivery with fright. "A town just ran over him," said Hester. "I shouldn't think he's very well...”

Source : Philip Reeve (2012). “Predator Cities #1: Mortal Engines”, p.101, Scholastic Inc.
“New Labour was the most short-sighted, self-serving, incompetent, useless, and ineffective government that Britain has ever known. Make no mistake, Labour's economic policies were a national security liability.”

Source : "Conservative party conference - live" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. October 6, 2010.
“The top 1 percent have the best houses, the best educations, the best doctors, and the best lifestyles, but there is one thing that money doesn't seem to have bought: an understanding that their fate is bound up with how the other 99 percent live. Throughout history, this is something that the top 1 percent eventually do learn. Too late.”

Source : Joseph Stiglitz (2015). “The Great Divide”, p.110, Penguin UK
“Fortunately, when we have all our marbles, we can shift our memories very quickly.”
“When I was an actor in some movies a long time ago, I was so curious about all the camera movements - why is the camera placed here, and why does it move like this? And why the set and the background, the color? It's a lot of questions for me to ask, because I was so interested, not only in acting, but also the whole process of filmmaking.”

Source : Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. April 6, 2005.

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