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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People think that just because you're a center, you're not as smart as the guards or the smaller guys.
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I like people who are loyal to me, and I like to be loyal, too.
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The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.
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My notion of democracy is that under it the weakest shall have the same opportunities as the strongest... no country in the world today shows any but patronizing regard for the weak... Western democracy, as it functions today, is diluted fascism... true democracy cannot be worked by twenty men sitting at the center. It has to be worked from below, by the people of every village.
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There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind.
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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.
