Tahar Ben Jelloun Quotes
To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.

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We continue to be bullish on China.
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The best relationship is one that does not foster too much independence nor too much dependence, but exists in the healthy interdependence zone.
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Unsettling signs of al Qaeda's aims and skills in cyberspace have led some government experts to conclude that terrorists are at the threshold of using the Internet as a direct instrument of bloodshed.
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If you think Wall Street has a short memory, you're dead wrong. No, the folks who work on Wall Street, regulate Wall Street - and, above all, invest in its wares, notably its hedge funds - don't have a bad memory. They don't have any memory at all.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.
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I have my own people that make my clothes because it's hard for me to find stuff that fits.
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Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.
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I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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No man may make another free.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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You cannot govern, you cannot administrate, with an ignoramus.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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I have been singing randomly, obsessively, obnoxiously for as long as I can remember.
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I like 'Rocky Horror.'
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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Our sense of free will results from a failure to appreciate this: We do not know what we intend to do until the intention itself arises. To understand this is to realize that we are not the authors of our thoughts and actions in the way that people generally suppose.
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It's just people should realize that the celebrity aspect of being an actor is very rarely enjoyable for people like me who would always rather go unnoticed and disappear into the crowd.
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Everything in my life - family, friends, even my fiance - are all second to soccer. And I've won every tournament where I haven't had anyone there. It just seems to work for me. I don't think I'm going to change that.
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Young people are threatened... by the evil use of advertising techniques that stimulate the natural inclination to avoid hard work by promising the immediate satisfaction of every desire.
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Can you appreciate music without playing it? Yes, you can. You can appreciate baseball without playing it. Many people attend a football game merely for the crowd, the excitement, the color.
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To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power.