"You need imagination in order to imagine a future that doesn’t exist." ― Azar Nafisi Topic(s): Imagination More From Azar Nafisi "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." "I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality." "When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star – it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned." More In Imagination "Imagination is the air of mind."― Philip James Bailey "Free enterprise empowers entrepreneurs who have ideas and imagination, investors who take risks, and workers who hone their skills and offer their labor."― Paul Ryan "When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception."― Emile Coue