Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes
I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
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Cats have a scam going - you buy the food, they eat the food, they go away; that's the deal.
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When I was growing up, skateboarding was big and basketball was big.
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Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate.
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I write really scathing, angry stuff when I'm in a better mood, and then uplifting and happy stuff when I'm at the absolute bottom.
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I've got a great staff and great support system, and I'm going to stick my neck out and do what I always do.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Work hard. Laugh when you feel like crying. Keep an open mind, open eyes and an open spirit.
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These 'Sports Illustrated' people, they know how to hold a secret.
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Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.
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I play PC and Xbox games at home, and I just got a PSP as a birthday present.
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We do not have the idea that all children are valuable parts of society. We only have the idea that our own children are.
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Because I was a diminutive, arty kid, I felt like a misfit in high school - but who doesn't?
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Financial analysts make a lot more than accountants.
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Seriously, I do a lot of yoga, so I'm in control of my body.
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I'm from outside Philadelphia, a town called Wayne, which is, like, 25 minutes northwest.
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If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.
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Blip.tv is growing its audience by forming partnerships with traditional TV manufacturers and a new breed of company in the set-top box market that lets consumers connect to the Internet via their televisions.
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When I did 'Alien: Resurrection', a lot of the guys worked on planned production, and one of them was really into comic books and would draw all sorts of characters, and I was impressed with his sketches.
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Each day I lacerated myself thinking on her, but I didn't go back.
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Only talent interests me in paintings and books. Not general ideas, but the individual contribution.
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When we overthrew Mubarak, we did this in 18 days. And because we were very naive and very unexperienced in revolutions, we thought that that was it. It is very difficult to imagine that you can actually get rid of a dictatorship that has been there for 60 years only in 18 days. So we were very naive.
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Don't let fear rule your life. Live one day at a time, and never be afraid.
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I think being a little nuts is helpful.
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I'd thought sexuality was instinctive or natural, but it's profoundly linked to inner security and cultural context.
