Bassam Tibi Quotes
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The intricacies, the problems, the trials and tribulations in relationships inspire me to give words to people's journeys.
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My rule is that if I interview someone, they should never read what I have to say about them and regret having given me the interview.
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I still want to hold on to my beliefs, and as long as I have that, I won't stray too far from politics.
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This result is due to a phenomenon of interference which occurs within the sensitive layer.
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Cleanses and products don't make you look more beautiful. They certainly help, but if you reach contentment, you're set. My makeup artist, Melanie Iglesias, couldn't figure out why my skin looks so good. I think it's because I'm happy!
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Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said couldn't be done.
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I just wanted to play a cowboy for a long time.
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Sound economic fundamentals coupled with a number of positive factors have partially offset the psychological impact of rising interest rates in Hong Kong.
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Life is short, science is long; opportunity is elusive, experiment is dangerous, judgement is difficult.
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To persist in doing wrong extenuates not the wrong, but makes it much more heavy.
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In the road ships must ride in 30, 40, or 50 fathom water, not above half a mile from the shore at farthest: and if there are many ships they must ride close one by another.
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No boy is worth crying over, and the one who is won't make you cry.
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Without stories, we'd have even more trouble recognizing what's real.
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In theatre, you learn the story is more important than the actor.
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To accept the story of the Arab destruction of the library of Alexandria, one must explain how it is that so dramatic an event was unmentioned and unnoticed not only in the rich historical literature of medieval Islam, but even in the literatures of the Coptic and other Christian churches, of the Byzantines, of the Jews, or anyone else who might have thought the destruction of a great library worthy of comment. That the story still survives, and is repeated, despite all these objections, is testimony to the enduring power of a myth.
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A true batsman should in most of his strokes tell the truth about himself.
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Its diamonds in your pockets one week, macaroni and cheese the next.
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Sometimes our forever life does not last as long as we think.
