Naguib Sawiris Quotes
Any government has to be friendly with investors and the business community. They provide jobs, new investments; they keep the country running.
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Claiming to 'fight for small business' is often used as a political tool in Washington D.C., but it is actually the policies behind that battle cry that small firms care about.
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Being on the road with rock, it's pretty much 90 percent guys.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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This is something I've wanted to do my whole life is play baseball, and I think just the opportunity to put on a big-league uniform every day is just... you know, people dream of it, but not everybody gets to do it. I'm thankful every day I get to do it.
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I don't know if I can prepare for what's to come because I don't know what will.
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I've written many extra verses to songs that I learned to sing - an extra verse about a friend, or just add some verse - and that led to writing my own songs.
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As a writer, I was shaped by a desire to write for black people. That things were not being represented. That was my motivating force. That it has become what it has become is shocking to me. I just wanted to be able to take care of my kids.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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Napster has pointed the way for a new direction for music distribution, and we believe it will form the basis of important and exciting new business models for the future of the music industry.
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You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.
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My wife never throws anything at me that I can't handle.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved.
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People don't slip. Time catches up with them.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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Companies that have strong graphic identities have built them through years of use.
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Africa's mineral wealth is great; we should co-operate in its development.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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The story is supposed to change; it's supposed to evolve. In making 'Cartel Land,' I ended up with a much, much different story than I started with.
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If you talk to most people under 30, they don't read a newspaper.
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There's so much burying of heads in sand going on in the U.S., people are finally beginning to recognize that the environment is dying, but it's far too late, and I am conflicted.
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Fortunately for me, it's my most favorite drill, and that is finishing. However, from a young age, soccer players in this country are not taught how to properly finish, and I think you see that through the professional ranks, that we don't have that killer instinct of the forwards from other countries.
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When representation of the LBGT community was much more scarce in the media, I think there was some kind of pressure to encapsulate an entire community in a single character - this can often be a fast track to generalization and stereotypes.
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Any government has to be friendly with investors and the business community. They provide jobs, new investments; they keep the country running.
