Abdel Hakim Abdel Samad Kamel (Hakim) Quotes
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I work eight hours a day, but I'm not writing all that time. I'm thinking, editing, looking something up. Thinking is what I do a lot of.
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When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scientific American.' It's fascinating.
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There are a lot of good men's magazines. In England, you have 'Arena Homme+' and 'Another Man;' and in France we have 'L'Officiel Hommes.' But all are looking similar.
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Parents are telling other parents that you can save a lot of money renting. Forever they've been looking for a solution to higher textbook prices.
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Usually, English personalities are difficult; they don't take criticism easily.
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The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.
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I get mad when people call me an action movie star. Indiana Jones is an adventure film, a comic book, a fantasy.
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For many, the hijab represents modesty, piety and devotion to God, and I truly respect that. But the hijab should not be used as a means of applying social pressure on people.
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When James Bond gets old, you get rid of him and bring a new James Bond in.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.
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Jersey gets a bad rap. Most people make an assessment of this state on the ride from Newark Airport into Manhattan.
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I consciously decided not to be a 'London' actor. Those gangster movies made a lot of East End actors think they were movie stars. And I was very aware that they were going to go out of fashion.
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I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.
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Bullies always have another target.
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My brother used to say that when you deal with women, it's difficult to remove emotions from an argument. I never really knew what he meant. Then I read an article that said when it comes to emotion and logic, men's and women's brains are different - my brother was right! Women are very mysterious, but that's part of their joy.
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Globalization is exposing new fault lines - between urban and rural communities, for example.
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The way to write is well, and how is your own business.
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Radio 1 has always championed women; take Annie Nightingale, for example. One of my heroes.
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It's difficult to speak with beautiful people. No matter how hard you try to pretend otherwise, you still want them to like you.
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I think I always knew I would be a writer some day, but it wasn't until I was grown and had children of my own that I turned to telling Native American stories.
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I love all kinds of music, and I would write really traditional country songs and songs that were just really out there, that didn't sound country at all, and everything in between.
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A parent can give a child no greater gift than beautiful manners.
