Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes
The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
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You need a routine, to be able to spend some time with a person, and my lifestyle is constantly on the move.
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I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.
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Sometimes 'Rookie' is written about like, 'Finally! Something for alternative girls!' and I'm like, 'No!' Obviously it's not for everyone, but I used to think that there are cheerleaders, and there are art kids.
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You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this?' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word.
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Christmas is, of course, the time to be home - in heart as well as body.
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The issue with Syria, I think for many of us, has always been about Iran. This is an anchor point for them in terms of regional domination. It means a lot to them. They are all in here.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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Sometimes you lose sight of what's going on around you.
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God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
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My label understands that I am really attached to Malaysia, that I come home a lot.
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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
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There's a finite amount of time on this planet for each of us. Sometimes, the only way we figure out how to deal with that reality - knowing that there will be an end to every story, and you don't know how many chapters are left in your book - is by living in denial.
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I spend days with writers' block. It is a problem.
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Broader social concerns within Muslim communities, such as discrimination, integration or socio-economic disadvantages, should be treated distinctively and not as part of counterterrorism agenda, which has been counter-productive.
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I'm not really clear what the whole deal is with flags. I like my flag, but I wouldn't die for it. There's issues of identity, of course. That's going to always come in. I, for example, don't want to be called a 'North Britisher.' I want to be Scottish.
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I've had a few conversations with people who are horrified: who tell me my work is demeaning, is sexist, is negative.
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I think it kind of took being a character actor to kind of now enter into leading ladies.
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Individual responsibility, hard work, paying attention in school, faith, family all these things are important.
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The more I get to thinking, the less I tend to laugh.
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Men should not be forced to wear pants when it's not cold.
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We shall never meet, but there is something I want you to know. My time is not the same as your time. Our times are not the same. And do you know what that means? That means that time does not exist. Do you want me to repeat that? There is no time. There is a life and a death. There are people and animals. Our thoughts exist. And the world. The universe, too. But there is no time. You might as well take it easy. Do you feel better now? I feel better. This is going to work out. Have a nice day.
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Critics disagree about almost every quality of a writer’s work; and when some agree about a quality, they disagree about whether it is to be praised or blamed, nurtured or rooted out. After enough criticism the writer is covered with lipstick and bruises, and the two are surprisingly evenly distributed.
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I believe in an America where the free enterprise system flourishes for all other systems to see and admire - where no businessman lacks either competition or credit - and where no monopoly, no racketeer, no government bureaucracy can put him out of business that he built up with his own initiative.
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The power of the word in Morocco belonged to men and to the authorities. No one asked the point of view of poor people or women.
