Hanan al-Shaykh Quotes
The desert came into view ... sand and palm trees, a way of life that revolved around human beings without possessions or skills, who had to rely on their imaginations to contrive a way of making their hearts beat faster or even to keep them at a normal pace; to search unaided for a hidden gleam of light, and to live with two seasons a year instead of four.
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I enjoy money. Not enough people in this world are happy. I'm determined to be contented, and having plenty of money from working makes it easier for me.
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I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.
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I don't know if Wimbledon's seen anything like it. I don't know if they will again. But it was just - it was electric. The Aussie crowd, I'm really proud of them, the way they conducted themselves. You know they're great losers, as well.
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There's nothing mathematical to my writing. It's a feeling.
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I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.
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The latter 1940s and early '50s were a time of tense, explosive conflict, in the world at large and in the politics of our nation.
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As an individual, I need space and can't be locked in a house with strangers. I would do 'Bigg Boss' if I get to co-host it with Salman Khan.
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I'm obsessed with Marcus Mumford. I've got to know him recently; he's amazing.
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In Europe, a great dancer might be on the same level as a movie star. In America, not so.
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I was kind of excited about going to jail the first time and I learnt some great dialogue.
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After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive.
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If I'm going to compare myself to a candidate, it's Rick Scott. It's not Donald Trump.
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It is the most wonderful feeling in the world, knowing you are loved and wanted.
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Let me talk about what the banks are doing, and I think the banks have been working to make sure that, as much as possible, we move the currency to the smaller areas and to as many set of customers as possible.
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I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.
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This living hand, now warm and capableOf earnest grasping, would, if it were coldAnd in the icy silence of the tomb,So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nightsThat thou wouldst wish thine own heart dry of bloodSo in my veins red life might stream again,And thou be conscience-calm'd - see here it is -I hold it towards you.
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Without the meed of some melodious tear.
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I advocate eating nutritious food (I'm a vegetarian), working out, being in top form mentally and physically.
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Type well used is invisible as type, just as the perfect talking voice is the unnoticed vehicle for the transmission of words, ideas.
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I was in that ultimate moment of terror that is the beginning of life. It is nothing. Simple, hideous nothing. The final truth of all things is that there is no final Truth. Truth is what's transitory. It's human life that is real.
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There is something that has become part of my routine that I eat two or three times a week. Sushi. It exists in Europe but isn't very popular, and especially in L.A., I started eating it. It's both tasty and healthy.
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The way towards 'wisdom' or towards 'freedom' is the way towards your inner being. This is the simplest definition of metaphysics.
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I have no desire to walk on water," said Siddhartha. "Let the old shamans satisfy themselves with such skills".
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The desert came into view ... sand and palm trees, a way of life that revolved around human beings without possessions or skills, who had to rely on their imaginations to contrive a way of making their hearts beat faster or even to keep them at a normal pace; to search unaided for a hidden gleam of light, and to live with two seasons a year instead of four.
