Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities.
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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My mom says that when I was a little kid, I always used to say I wanted to be an actor, but I don't remember that.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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It would be hard to ignore the absence of democracy in any Arab nation.
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I think, for the majority of my twenties, I was always so concerned with what I didn't have, or what I still wanted.
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Speaking is physically difficult for me.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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Our duties and responsibilities as human beings must be shown to be so incontrovertible that even atheists must recognize them. There are ultimate taboos.
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I'm the Chris Martin of hip-hop.
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Simply, I believe the United States should lower the voting age to 17.
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Every season I try to top myself, and push it a little further.
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I know: I am a freakish geek. Or is that a geekish freak?
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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Music was always part of my life - my mother says I came out singing. I wanted to be Gene Kelly - or Judy Garland.
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I came from Canada, where it's freezing cold for seven months out of the year.
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I have much to say about the pain I've felt and seen inside of prison. It has been an eye-opening and harrowing experience.
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When I looked at the skeleton of 'Damn Yankees,' I saw an indestructible story, absolutely original characters, one of the freshest, sassiest American scores of the century, and some outmoded equipment.
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It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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The intelligent defense of free speech should not rest on the notion that we must tolerate every form of speech, no matter how offensive. It's that we should lean toward greater tolerance for speech we dislike, and reserve our harshest penalties only for the worst offenders.
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I was lucky in the sense that I was never blessed with an overly reflective nature.
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You've got a way with words. You got me smiling even when it hurts. There's no way to measure what your love is worth, I can't believe the way you get through to me. ~ Shania Twain If you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything
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That's what I used to enjoy so much: Bringing a record home, having it arrive in the mailbox. Having the whole experience of hearing it as you're holding it and looking at it and reading the liner notes, if they're anything.
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It's not surprising that truly humanitarian manifestos originate frequently in minority circles or with people whose consciences are troubled by the problems of minorities.
