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“Any person who pursues human rights in Iran must live with fear from birth to death, but I have learned to overcome my fear.”

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Shirin Ebadi

Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer and human rights activist, born on June 21, 1947. She is renowned for her contributions to promoting women's rights and democratic reforms, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003. more

“When a man paints a naked woman he gives her less than poor Nature did. I can conceive of few circumstances wherein I would have to paint a woman naked, but if I did I would not mutilate her for double the money. She is the most beautiful thing there is except a naked man, but I never saw a study of one exhibited.”

Ifs Men Giving I Can Beautiful Poor Study Saws Circumstances Paint Naked Beautiful Things

Book:Thomas Eakins: retrospective exhibition, September 22 to November 21, 1970, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Source: Thomas Eakins: retrospective exhibition, September 22 to November 21, 1970, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

“A teacher can do very little for a pupil and should only be thankful if he don't hinder him, and the greater the master, mostly the less he can say.”

Ifs Should Littles Can Do Greater Teacher Masters Being Thankful Pupils Hinder

Book:Eakins Revealed: The Secret Life of an American Artist

Source: Eakins Revealed: The Secret Life of an American Artist

“Twixt devil and deep sea, man hacks his caves; Birth, death; one, many; what is true, and seems; Earth's vast hot iron, cold space's empty waves.”

Men Seems Earth Space Sea Cold Birth Devil Empty Hot Wave Iron Caves Hacks Deep Sea

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“Shall I make it clear, boys, for all to apprehend, Those that will not hear, boys, waiting for the end, Knowing it is near, boys, trying to pretend, Sitting in cold fear, boys, waiting for the end?”

Trying Ends Waiting Boys Knowing Clear Cold Sitting

Book:The Complete Poems

Source: The Complete Poems

“Buddhists and Christians contrive to agree about death Making death their ideal basis for different ideals. The Communists however disapprove of death Except when practical.”

Different Christian Ideals Bases Agree Practicals Buddhist Communist

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“Liberal hopefulness Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture.”

Regard Mere Borders Improving Hopefulness

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

“To produce pure proletarian art the artist must be at one with the worker; this is impossible, not for political reasons, but because the artist never is at one with any public.”

Art Reason Political Artist Impossible Produce Pure Workers

Book:Some Versions of Pastoral

Source: Some Versions of Pastoral

“All those large dreams by which men long live well Are magic-lanterned on the smoke of hell.”

Men Wells Long Dream Hell Magic Smoke Live Well

Book:The Complete Poems

Source: The Complete Poems

“Planning a wedding is hell. Things are said. Doors are slammed. Quarrels about the most inconsequential things--yellow tablecloths or white? hors d'oeuvres set out on tables or passed around on trays?--are often pitched at such a level that it seems the combatants may never recover from them. Much of the anxiety, of course, is tribal. It is wrenching to have to open the sacred circle to admit an outsider.”

May Said Seems Courses White Levels Hell Doors Anxiety Tables Sacred Circles Planning Yellow Outsiders Quarrels Inconsequential Trays

Author:Caitlin Flanagan

“Take the risk and do whatever you can do and try not to get caught. If you do get caught, do it again.”

Ifs Trying Can Do Risk Caught

Book:A Million Little Pieces

Source: A Million Little Pieces

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