#sam

Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#been #emotions #evoke #fundamentalism #german

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 Mao's China people were wearing Mao jackets and women were not supposed to wear any makeup. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#china #control #forced #ideology #instrument

No, I didn't quite know to what extent the football might be, but it was quite a bonus for me to try to learn new skills and to keep fit at the same time. ↗

— Parminder Nagra

#extent #fit #football #i #keep

What brings people down is the same thing over and over. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#down #over #people #same #thing

Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it. ↗

— Guru Nanak

#field #kind #marked #peculiar #plant

Today in the era of globalization there is no such issue as borders between states of the same nation. ↗

— Fatos Nano

#borders #era #globalization #issue #nation

However, they did not treat the reasons that led to this condition. I believe that the conditions in the Palestinian territories are alway capable of explosion because the same circumstances are there. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#believe #capable #circumstances #condition #conditions

In this case we're building a corner to stretch a fence and hang a gate. It had a real purpose in the ranch here. I needed to do this. But at the same time, it made a beautiful structure. ↗

— Bruce Nauman

#building #case #corner #fence #gate

I've always recorded the same way. I put down as many ideas as I have, then strip them away at the mixdown. It's better to have too much music than not enough. ↗

— Dave Navarro

#away #better #down #enough #i

Every time I started painting it was like a new experience, but they all came out the same. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#every #every time #experience #i #like