Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes
I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I really think that in the media world that we live in now, especially for writers, it has to be a conversation. With very few exceptions, it can't be this one-way, 'Here I am on the mountaintop preaching to all of you great unwashed readers in hopes of saving you.' It doesn't work that way.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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The simple opposition between the people and big business has disappeared because the people themselves have become so deeply involved in big business.
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Journalism was looked upon as a more noble thing than it is now. I don't know if it carries the same cachet that it did then.
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Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.
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It's just not my nature to go around idolizing people.
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The children break all my jewelry, so everything I wear is cheap - from Topshop or Dorothy Perkins.
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I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.
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I'm trying to make perfect moments. And those generate meaning. If you go deep enough in how to make a moment, very quickly you come to how narrative works - to what we are as a species, how we've come up with telling stories in scenes and images.
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I always say my music is like dark blue or black, like a punch to your gut that feels really good.
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There's so much emphasis on Daniel Day-Lewis and his process, which is appropriately his own. But I was just blown away by his generosity as an actor. He's so giving as an actor that he just naturally commands the focus on set.
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Why is it we never get our bad medicine in small doses?
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I have many weaknesses, but I have one strength. When I do something, I do it 300 percent. I'm not a middle man.
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Formula One has been the backdrop of my life.
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The good news is world population growth rate decreases systematically and is expected to reach zero by 2050, thanks to urbanisation and women's education.
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We think that without cooperation with the Russians, we cannot achieve our goals.
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As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it.
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He who is conceived in a cage yearns for the cage.
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I remember, when I was younger, it was such a big fantasy for me. Now that I actually have a career and have made an album, it's really surreal.
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Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.
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I believe that there are certain attributes in a woman that give her some advantages over a man. Women are usually more honest, more sensitive to issues and bring a stronger sense of commitment and dedication to what they do. Maybe because they were mothers, and being a mother you have that special attention for the family, for the young, for children…
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The longer you are in acting business, the more you cherish the times when you're working with people that do great work, and can figure out how to enjoy themselves while they're doing the great work.
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I have written about the dispossessed, immigrants, the condition of women who do not enjoy the same legal rights as men, the Palestinians who are deprived of their land and condemned to exile.
