Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes
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And one by one the nights between our separated cities are joined to the night that unites us.
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Any good writer is going to be well-received and is going to not be well-received; that's how you know you're a great writer.
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I didn't grow up with a lot of babies in my life because I only grew up with my parents - I didn't have any brothers or sisters - and I didn't have my family close by.
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I don't want to be just an average guy. I want to do whatever possible to win a lot of games. I'm a competitor.
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The government would be making decisions about what type of care is given, what procedures can be performed, and the kind of medications prescribed. It would be a very profound change from the ideal to which we aspire.
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I wanted to be a painter, somewhere between Abstract Expressionism and Pop.
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He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.
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I've always thought I was talented.
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When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.
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The District of Columbia is an extreme example of disconnect between financial input and educational outcome. Unfortunately, extreme is not the same as abnormal.
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I was bribed into starting swimming with the promise of sweets and by being told that you can win medals. My mum had given me a bag of medals which she had won when she was young, so the idea of winning medals was very exciting.
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When I was still doing indie, it was just purely art. I don't think about how much I will get paid or how much the movie will earn.
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I'm a firm believer that people find their own passions.
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I'm not a Dickens guy. In grad school I had to take at least one course on the Victorians, so I took The Later Dickens, because that was what there was.
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My dad always played sports. He played football. I always wanted to play football because my dad played football, but my mom never wanted me to play football because she said she couldn't take me getting hit.
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Daniel Bryan had the 'Yes' Movement. That was phenomenal.
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Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house.
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The E.U. is more than just a trade organization or a common market; it is a guarantee of democracy, freedom, justice, and human rights. Nations cannot stay in the E.U. if they do not respect these guarantees.
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Everyone enjoys stories of double lives and secret identities. Children have Superman; intellectuals have Wallace Stevens.
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I have a theory that self-made, first-generation actresses don't feel entitled to success.
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I'd like to make as much art as I possibly can before I die, so I'm working on a few things.
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Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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There is a gulf between the Arab peoples and Arab intellectuals.
