Burhan Ghalioun Quotes
Let us be clear: there are no Salafist armed groups in Syria. Those carrying arms are mostly members of the dissident army. The armed groups are defected soldiers. But they are not all organized. After they defect, they often disappear into different neighborhoods as they struggle for their safety. They need salaries, they need guarantees for protection, they need livelihoods. That is the way everyone will be brought together.
Quotes to Explore
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One can quite understand vegetarianism. One can quite understand meat-eating. But it is difficult to understand why a person who is a flesh-eater should object to one kind of flesh, namely cow's flesh. This is an anomaly which call for explanation.
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I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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The really courageous and bold thing is to make movies about human behaviour.
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I used to be affected by criticism thrown at me, and I would get really down. But I got to a point where I just decided to go for it, no matter what negativity is around you.
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As an actor, I come to set, and I have already broken the character down by writing a poem about the character. I try to write in his voice, the way he would write it.
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A lovely nook of forest scenery, or a grand rock, like a beautiful woman, depends for much of its attractiveness upon the attendance sense of freedom from whatever is low; upon a sense of purity and of romance.
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There have been many gay knights in the past - like Sir Noel Coward or Sir John Gielgud.
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They have to be able to spark my interest so I want to pursue it, and they have to have an awesome personality, really laid-back. All those things are sexy to me.
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Up-tempo or slow tempo, I don't feel that one is better than the other.
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I'm producing more, but I think to direct, one has to have a burning desire, and that's not me. I'd rather do something else.
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By the second tour I had rice cakes and hummus with me, and I was jumping rope in my room.
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Sexual harassment legislation in its present form makes all men unequal to all women.
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Postremo nemo aegrotus quidquam somniat tam infandum, quod non aliquis dicat philosophus.
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A story begins and it always passes from the subjunctive to the declarative. And Italians don't seem to care about making a fine distinction between that which is speculation and that which is fact.
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I guess I'm a born ham.
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I think most actors are insecure and scared of rejection.
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In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush campaigns was the highest in our nation's history.
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Having to know the answers puts in terrible positions from which to learn.
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Not all G8 members take the view that chemical weapons were in fact used by the Syrian Army. Some actually agree with us that there is no proof.
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A restaurant is a fantasy-a kind of living fantasy in which diners are the most important members of the cast.
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I was pretty nervous when I met Robert DeNiro. I kind of felt like a kid in a candy store for the first time. I couldn't wipe the grin off of my face. But Bobby DeNiro was really, really sweet and made me feel very comfortable. He's very low-key and just a superstar professional, and totally someone to be admired.
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In modern war there is no such thing as victor and vanquished... There is only a loser, and the loser is mankind.
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Let us be clear: there are no Salafist armed groups in Syria. Those carrying arms are mostly members of the dissident army. The armed groups are defected soldiers. But they are not all organized. After they defect, they often disappear into different neighborhoods as they struggle for their safety. They need salaries, they need guarantees for protection, they need livelihoods. That is the way everyone will be brought together.
