Amr Waked Quotes
News writes history from the perspective of politicians. Film writes history from the perspective of the people.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all.
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I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
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It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.
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I mean, I was always interested in people like Lenny Bruce, people who are breaking the old rules and making new ones.
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Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.
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Writing is literally transformative. When we read, we are changed. When we write, we are changed. It's neurological. To me, this is a kind of magic.
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I'm very interested in the idea of unusual museums, ones that are not necessarily contemporary art museums - more like historical collections or house museums.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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It's easy: if you want to grow the economy, encourage job creation, and increase federal revenue, you support making bonus depreciation permanent. Permanency gives job creators the certainty they need to plan and invest in their businesses, including hiring employees.
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Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.
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I don't keep any copies of my books in the house - they go to my mum's flat. I don't like them around.
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Terms like that, 'Humane Society,' are devised with people like me in mind, who don't care to dwell on what happens to the innocent.
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Great art is the expression of a solution of the conflict between the demands of the world without and that within.
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I feel exhausted if I teach too long.
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I've got my Grammys on top of my piano and I look at them when I play.
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Somewhere down the line, I realised that dairy products were giving me acidity, so now I am a vegan.
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In revolt against this new and very evil thing came the republicanism of the eighteenth century, inspired and directed in large measure by members of the fast perishing aristocracy of race, character and tradition.
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A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.
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My son, Walker, has a band called The Dust Busters. You know, he plays banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin, so a lot of my interest in that kind of music comes from him constantly listening to this stuff. He's taught me the history of it. It's remarkable how these young kids are now turned on to more traditional old-time music.
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It's enough to make a small shift within and a small action in the world. Collectively these have a huge effect.
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I was in a peacetime army. It was like something out of a Le Carre novel: studying the habits of your enemy. It was very exciting. It's interesting living life as a civilian, then on Friday night you're parachuting into a foreign country.
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Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history, but it's not very deep.
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In this vast country of ours, people profess different religions, speak different languages, dress differently and observe different customs; but we are one nation; the history of our struggle for independence and our faith in our future development are our common bonds.
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News writes history from the perspective of politicians. Film writes history from the perspective of the people.
