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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You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer.
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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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For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.
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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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The song, 'Life is Better,' is about hip-hop. It's about my love for hip-hop. And, you know, I go through all the artists from the beginning to the end, you know. And, well, not to the end, but since the beginning to now, you know.
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I'm a free market person, a free trader. But if we had a market in California, there would be competition.
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I've grown so much since 1996. I think that was the turning point of when I started to go to church every Sunday and not just because you're supposed to. But because you enjoy going and listening to the Word and being excited about it.
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Like everybody at that age, I read an awful lot of pulp fiction. But at the same time, I also read quite a bit of history and read that as much for pleasure as part of a curriculum.
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News writes history from the perspective of politicians. Film writes history from the perspective of the people.
