Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes
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Money is our madness, our vast collective madness.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.
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The perfection of art is to conceal art.
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In America, everyone writes but no one reads. Everyone's writing all day long - sending emails, tweets, text messages; they all think they're James Cameron's Avatar, performing in some video game for which they make up the script.
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It is not empty rhetoric to talk of the Free World.
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I do not consider the Lisbon Treaty to be a good thing for Europe, for the freedom of Europe, or for the Czech Republic.
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I don't think I have a black-hat image.
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I love being a part of Aqua Teen.
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As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
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I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
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I believe that as an entertainer, you're only as good as your audience and the people who support you.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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Thirty was so strange for me. I've really had to come to terms with the fact that I am now a walking and talking adult.
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'Wicked' gave us a story that 'The Wizard of Oz' did not. Two sides to every story.
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I think the first thing you should know is that nobody in country music 'made it' the same way. It's all different. There's no blueprint for success, and sometimes you just have to work at it.
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I often feel like not writing! Sometimes I overcome it by just sitting there until writing happens. Sometimes I don't write, because books often need periods of percolation.
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There's something sort of intrinsic in being a Southerner that doesn't go away. You can't get rid of it, but it's not something that's terribly obvious.
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Actors can be refined and be better. I’m an improved version of whatever you’ve seen earlier. I do not say this with arrogance, but it is my duty to be better than my predecessor and it’s my duty to see that my successor is better than me.
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I love my uncle to death. It just breaks my heart. It's hard for me to (believe) that this drug is that powerful.
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I think I'm pretty average. Typical.
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Were there stories I wrote along the way that were terrible clinkers? God, yes. But they were all a product of their time, and I did the best I could.
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Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years it was a splendid laugh!
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Religion has to stay in the heart, not in politics. It is private.
