Nawal El Saadawi Quotes
The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
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There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
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Having kids is something I want to see in my future - I hope.
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What I'm interested in is the fascinating image of young leaders... you know, young people leading in different fields. You see athletes and people in gymnastics, where the requirement is that you are supple and very, very young... 11... and by the time you're 14, you're already over the hill.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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Scientists at MIT and engineering schools all across America say that they could improve the fuel economy standards for the existing set of vehicles by 10 miles per gallon using existing technology, without compromising safety or comfort at all.
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I love going to concerts, so that whole environment is something that intrigues me anyway.
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I could battle rap forever, but it's a joke to me.
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I think there's something really poetic about using nuclear power to propel us to the stars, because the stars are giant fusion reactors. They're giant nuclear cauldrons in the sky.
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The gamble of literature is that I make the best work I can; the most truthful, the most representative of how I see things. I try and do that, and then I put it out there and say to you, 'What do you think?' I hope that you think well of it, obviously.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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The seminaries must be like the churches' poor relations, prolonging their existence with austerity.
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Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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I like to do Pilates.
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To keep your job, you fire others or bench them or trade them. You have to do the thinking for 25 guys, and you can't be too close to any of them.
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Being innovative in your philanthropy allows you to stride forward in your giving journey; you can marry your mind and heart to turn charity into lasting impact; and you can become more ambitious in your giving.
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I started out in theater, and then I got a job on a soap in New York. With a soap opera, its every day, all year long - there's no downtime, and you're shooting a show a day.
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It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.
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There are times in this life when a person must do or say things he doesn't want to. Human beings and chains, it is the oldest acquaintanceship in the world.
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To renounce the conquest of power is voluntarily to leave the power with those who wield it, the exploiters. The essence of every revolution consisted and consists in putting a new class in power, thus enabling it to realize its own program in life. It is impossible to wage war and to reject victory.
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The family code in Egypt is one of the worst family codes in the Arab world. Polygamy. The husband is having absolute power over the family.
