Alaa Al Aswany Quotes
I am according to my slave's expectations of me: if good, then good, and if bad, then bad.
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I have had it up to here with the prosecutions, the government's attitude, the judiciary, the media's stance and the majority of Turks who view the Kurdish people's justified cause through a nationalist lens.
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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too.
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If I had one golf course, from a design standpoint, one that I really love, it would probably be Pinehurst. There's a totally tree-lined golf course where trees are not a part of the strategy.
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I've always watched the political shows.
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Pete Wilson deregulated energy as a pay out to Enron, and we blamed Gray Davis.
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I was miserable in WCW. I knew I wasn't going to go any higher there, and jumping to WWE hadn't even crossed my mind. I couldn't stop wondering, 'Is this it? Is this what I worked my whole life for?'
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You cannot perform in a manner inconsistent with the way you see yourself.
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Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
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I think that what people imagine they're going through is much worse than what they are going through.
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There's just no quiet in Vegas.
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'Never Forget You' was the first song I co-wrote.
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I've been a fan for a long time, and it's a reason I wanted to be a part of it. Now I'm able to do the 'Robotech' movie, and it's something I grew up watching. To actually be on 'Robotech' was really an experience.
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Hey,” Shane said from the other side of the bars. “Trade you cigarettes for a chocolate bar.” Funny,” Eve said. She was almost back to her old unGothed self again, though there were still red splotches on her cheeks and around her eyes. “How come you’re always behind bars, troublemaker?” Look who’s talking. I didn’t try to outrun the cops in a hearse.” That hearse had horsepower.” Eve got that moony look in her eyes again. “I love that hearse.
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One aspect of politics too little acknowledged is that besides being jolly serious and all that, it is also a hugely enjoyable game for boys.
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Mum said, "It is the thought that counts." And I said, "I know, which is why I am ringing the authorities right now. Anyone who thinks like she does should be locked up out of harm's way.
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And what, for instance, would have happened had Romeo and Juliet lived to middle age, their silhouettes broadened by pasta?
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Do you write novels?" I said. "Novels, Lord no," she said. "I can't even stay married.
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The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others.
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My mother was a classical pianist and my stepfather was an industrialist who was passionate about composing contemporary music.
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If you're thinking like that - 'Does this person want me for me?' - then you're gonna have a hell of a hard time falling in love, 'cause you're constantly thinking about what they look like on paper.
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I am according to my slave's expectations of me: if good, then good, and if bad, then bad.
