Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
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The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.
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I think to a certain extent, Clinton may have expected as the senior president that Obama would've reached out to him and asked for his council; he's done that very little. So, I think the relationship has not been good over the years.
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People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular.
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I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket.
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If I had had a chance to tour with Van Halen before the record, I think it would have been a different record.
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In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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Every season, I'm like, 'Who knows if I'm going to get another job?'
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When I finished the trilogy of 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies, I had a gear shift and thought, 'I need to take a moment to smell the roses.'
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Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
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If you look at art history, at Goya or Gainsborough, it's always about acknowledging the people of your time who have influence.
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It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to stop me doing back flips on the couch and destroying the furniture.
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When candidates have asked me for support before, they have asked for more than a check.
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Meanwhile, fears of universal disaster sank to an all time low over the world.
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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
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We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.
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We, in Syria, our point of view stems from our experience.
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Egypt has suffered more ordeals than the other countries to get where it is.
