Quotes by Azar Nafisi

"You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn't exist."

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"Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent."

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"This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry?"

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"The negative side of the American Dream comes when people pursue success at any cost, which in turn destroys the vision and the dream."

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