Randa Abdel-Fattah Quotes
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When you're a child, it's easy to see school as the worst thing in the world. It's only later in life you realise what a wonderful time it was. Looking back, I can't believe I even wanted to leave.
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Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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Let not then any one deceive you, as indeed you are not deceived, inasmuch as you are wholly devoted to God.
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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard loom weaves flowers and leaves.
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I learned so much in Zimbabwe, in particular about the need for humility in our ambition to extend mental health care in countries where there were very few psychiatrists and where the local culture harboured very different views about mental illness and healing. These experiences have profoundly influenced my thinking.
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In truth, opinion may be taken for understanding; understanding cannot be taken for opinion. How so? Surely because opinion may be deceived; understanding cannot be. If it could, it would not be understanding but opinion. For true understanding has not only certain truth, but the knowledge of truth.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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Our universities also have a lot of foreign students. Are we going to ban them access because in their culture there's a certain type of clothing?
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I do go into things thinking, 'Right. I'm going to enjoy this.'
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When I'm reading material, if I'm a little bit afraid of a part and I'm willing to admit that to myself, then I'll do it, definitely. If I'm worried about being able to do it, to get it - I absolutely just love it.
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I'm completely in love with the idea of love.
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Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.
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I used to write bits and pieces of comedy material for various comics that were at the Windmill... as well as my film job, I was under contract, I was allowed to do that and everything.
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I want to be the defensive player to break the MVP barrier. I want to break barriers. I want to do things when people tell me I can't.
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I'm a hybrid, and I kind of like that. Raised by African parents, growing up I lived between Burkina Faso and Stains, a suburb just outside of Paris. In Stains, I had all the cultures in the world on my doorstep, and that opens up your mind.
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A high IQ individual can't deal in an industry that's subjective.
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Israel has a security concern involving geography. But geography does not have the same value it did in 1967.
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The fear that the universe is not what you assume it to be is very basic, especially when you know damn well it isn't what you assume it to be.
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India is a country with huge potential, and it remains an attractive high priority market for PepsiCo. We believe we have only scratched the surface of long term growth opportunities that exist for PepsiCo and our partners.
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I'm always writing new songs and doing them live, and I may do it for a week or two, and then never do it again.
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I feel like I have the best job in the world.
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I told my doctor I wonna stop aging, he gave me a gun!
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I've been writing stories since I was a kid. I love writing stories.
