Quote by Shirin Ebadi
Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are al

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 mothers home. – Shirin Ebadi

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Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization. – Shirin Ebadi

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We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure. – Shirin Ebadi

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Religion
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When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group. – Shirin Ebadi

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funny
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I grew up in a very toxic home. – Bethenny Frankel

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To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise. – Augustus Hare

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You come to work and you laugh all day, you go home and you feel light and theres a certain feeling when youre sitting with the audience and they leave after 90 minutes and its just pure escapism and theyre happy. – Gabrielle Union

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Home is not where you live but where they understand you. – Christian Morgenstern

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