Safa Al Ahmad Quotes
The struggle against the Houthis inside Yemen is fierce. For years, powerful Yemeni tribes received money from Saudi Arabia. Now the Saudis back the Sunni tribes opposed to the Houthis with cash and arms. And then there is al-Qaida.
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A scientist who cannot prove what he has accomplished, has accomplished nothing.
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What I love about what I get to do is that I'm allowed to create the stories that I want to tell with minimal interference by some very big corporations like Microsoft and Sprint and EA and BioWare. The advantage that these tech companies have is that they understand the space organically, versus traditional media companies.
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Women I admired growing up - Debra Winger, Diane Keaton, Meryl Streep - were all beautiful and thin, but not too thin. There are a lot of actresses who are unhealthy-skinny - much, much too skinny. You can't Pilates to that.
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I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.
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You look in my room and it looks neat enough, but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!
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Fiction about mining has a long tradition - Emile Zola's 'Germinal' and Upton Sinclair's 'King Coal' come to mind - and most readers will be aware of the industry's harsh conditions.
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I search for surprise in my architecture. A work of art should cause the emotion of newness.
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Here's proof that if you live long enough, anything is possible.
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Courage is found in unlikely places.
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Before you begin designing or buying anything, you need to get real and ask yourself: What do you really want to use this room for? What do you want to do in this room but can't now?
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In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency of the United States.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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If it wasn't for golf, I'd probably still be peddling jewelry or be in the sugar mills somewhere.
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In novels, and American novels in particular, it's not just about redemption, it's about forward movement and healing oneself. Americans are very big on getting better.
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I grew up on 'Battle of the Planets.'
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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I love going to the local market and seeing friends that I grew up with... and having conversations. I love the community of Bayonne.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.
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Ever since I've been a little kid I've always wanted superpowers, which is the coolest thing in the world.
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Our second phase was to develop a school curriculum that teaches tolerance, respect for differences, conflict resolution, anger management, and other attributes of peace.
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My fiancee's the one that's picture worthy.
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It costs more money to put a person on death row than it does to lock them up for the rest of their lives because of attorney fees.
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The struggle against the Houthis inside Yemen is fierce. For years, powerful Yemeni tribes received money from Saudi Arabia. Now the Saudis back the Sunni tribes opposed to the Houthis with cash and arms. And then there is al-Qaida.
