Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes
I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.
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I've been writing music since 4th grade, and I love putting words together and expressing things in a way that you can move your head to and you can really relate to, because I have a lot to say.
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I've said before, the number one thing that we have to work on is protecting the gay community from sharia law. Now, in the United States, it's probably not a big issue right now, but my brother-in-law is gay, and his partner and I would like them to be able to travel any place in the world without them risking harm.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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My life has been forged by middle class values: faith, hard work, deep respect for America and all that she stands for.
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A lot of labels are hiring a lot more accountants than people that know music.
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Films like 'Bond' fund training schemes for film technicians of the future, and working on films themselves provides a great training ground for budding directors and cinematographers. If there's no money there for films to be made, it's like a house of cards, it all comes tumbling down.
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I'll tell you, I never thought I'd ever be going into law, and certainly not the same kind of law as my dad.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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Death smells like homemade apple sauce as it cooks on the stove. It is not the strangling sense of illness. It is not fear. It is freedom.
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I love listening to pop radio.
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I am a contradiction myself. I'm always looking for something that scares me because when I'm not scared, I'm not stimulated.
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What makes Ireland inclined toward the drama is that it's a great country for conversation.
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When I was living in New York, there was a lot of screaming in my life. I would just get into these altercations all the time. Being in public, dealing with shopkeepers, just trying to cross the street - things like that.
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When boasting ends, there dignity begins.
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Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
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I made nothing happen very slowly.
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I'd love to meet the right girl and have a family. I'm very broody.
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Where is our acknowledgement of God if our thoughts are fixed on the glamour of our garments?
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I mean, I try to say the right things and give the right advice. But still, I'm only a person.
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we love what we love and who we love who we love and why we love why we love and find a falling shoelace knotted and strung between the fingers of strangers
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The greatest legacy that I can have is to build a brand that lives beyond me and stays true to the DNA of the brand.
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I don't feel guilty about expressing myself in French; nor do I feel that I am continuing the work of the colonizers.
