Leila Aboulela Quotes
When I was growing up, we spoke Egyptian, we ate Egyptian food, we had other Egyptian friends. It was my father's preference.
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Not really, drums found me, I just liked music, all kinds of music.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it.
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I would love to direct one day. I value the relationship that I have with a director so much, and I would be really excited to be on the other end of that relationship.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect symbols of the triumph of quantity over quality that the world has yet seen.
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As Governor, I've worked to solve problems the New Hampshire way - bringing together Democrats, Republicans and Independents to help hard-working Granite Staters adapt to our changing economy so that everyone has the opportunity to get ahead and stay ahead.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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The majority of meetings should be discussions that lead to decisions.
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If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.
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The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy.
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Because of my own family's service (in the U.S. Army, Navy, and Massachusetts and New York National Guard), I am a strong supporter of the military and do believe that there are just wars.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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If the Knesset is a temple, then Feiglin is the idol. A Knesset where Feiglin presides is an impure Knesset.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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Swing dance has been a part of my life since I was born.
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We all have the archetype inside us of the enlightened being.
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The moon is a friend for the lonesome to talk to.
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Japan has always been a really special place for Chvrches.
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Some companies use off-balance-sheet partnerships to raise money or to buy assets without ever telling their shareholders in their financial statements.
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Knowing how to die is knowing how to live. What is death anyway? It's the outcome of life.
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We want people to be as up to date as possible.
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When I was growing up, we spoke Egyptian, we ate Egyptian food, we had other Egyptian friends. It was my father's preference.
