Leila Aboulela Quotes

My mum and dad were speaking all the time about, 'In Sudan we do this,' and 'In Egypt we do that,' so I was very aware of cultural differences. I was confused growing up; it gave me a feeling of being an outsider watching others. But I think this is good for a writer.

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• Fashion and interior design are one and the same.

  

  Iris Apfel
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• Some borrowers are pretty damn good at fraud.

  

  Dan Gilbert
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• Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.

  

  Venus Williams
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• I think the American people deserve to have the issues debated, regardless of which side they're on, so that they are fully aware of what their representatives and senators are voting for and voting against.

  

  Dan Coats
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• Steve Jobs has been right twice. The first time we got Apple. The second time we got NeXT. The Macintosh ruled. NeXT tanked. Still, Jobs was right both times.

  

  Gary Wolf
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• Clothes have to be simple and comfortable.

  

  Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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• People say, 'You should let your hair out; you shouldn't be oppressed - you're not in Malaysia anymore. You should show your curves and be proud of it.' But I am proud - it's my choice to cover up my body. I'm not oppressed - I'm free.

  

  Yuna
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• All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.

  

  Irwin Shaw
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• Maturity - among other things, the unclouded happiness of the child at play, who takes it for granted that he is at one with his play-mates.

  

  Dag Hammarskjold
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• I want babies. I think I'll be a great dad.

  

  Oliver Hudson
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• The first English settlers of North America knew they were making history. New Englanders in particular were so sure of it that they started writing their own accounts of themselves as soon as they got here.

  

  Edmund Morgan
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• I was under the false impression that I could sing in high school, so I did a lot of musical stuff. I can't sing or dance, so that was entertaining for everyone.

  

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• Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.

  

  Maeve Binchy
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  • Knowing
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• I'm just collecting gold presents, which is more fun, actually, than buying gold.

  

  Irina Shayk
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• I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.

  

  LaDainian Tomlinson
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• I'm not a best-seller, but through translations, I've accumulated some money.

  

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• If you don't vote, you don't count.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
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• I want to serve the people.

  

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• Reproductive health decisions should be made by a woman and her doctor. Any efforts to undermine women's reproductive rights must stop.

  

  Jan Schakowsky
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• One of my side strange abilities is to hear a good song, no matter how it's being performed. Even if you get a bad performance, I can still hear that there's a good song.

  

  Manfred Mann
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• All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them. We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how. If we don't, our lives get made up for us by other people.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
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• We all see through different perceptions, but, certainly, the perception of David Icke has proven to be much more clear than the average man and woman out there.

  

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• I came close to depression, but when I started to feel I could really lose myself, I somehow escaped it.

  

  Marion Cotillard
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• My mum and dad were speaking all the time about, 'In Sudan we do this,' and 'In Egypt we do that,' so I was very aware of cultural differences. I was confused growing up; it gave me a feeling of being an outsider watching others. But I think this is good for a writer.

  

  Leila Aboulela
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