Mohammed Reza Pahlavi Quotes
Who on earth do the Americans suppose their allies are amongst the Arab world? Even Saudi Arabia they seem to regard as nothing more than a resevoir of oil and money.
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Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.
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Isn't television glamourous?
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I've always enjoyed things a little more chaotic than most people would prefer. I feel that I run well in chaos.
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Look not to have your sepulchre built in after ages hy the same foolish hands which still ever destroy the living prophet. Small honour for you if they do build it; and may be they never will build it.
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Each set of woes can be left behind in a folder in a drawer at the end of the day. Whereas in the outside world there is no end of obligation, no protection from the needs and grief of others.
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It's been my dream since I was a child to somehow unite people of the world through love and music.
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Who on earth do the Americans suppose their allies are amongst the Arab world? Even Saudi Arabia they seem to regard as nothing more than a resevoir of oil and money.
