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When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a sh

When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star – it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned. – Azar Nafisi

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Religion was used as an ideology, as a system of control. When they forced the veil upon women, they were using it as an instrument of control in the same way that in Maos China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. – Azar Nafisi

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I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality. – Azar Nafisi

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If you take responsibility for yourself you will develop a hunger to accomplish your dreams. – Les Brown

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Like dreams, statistics are a form of wish fulfillment. – Jean Baudrillard

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