Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.
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I write in a small office at home.
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One of my earliest memories is of my father carrying me in one arm with a picket sign in the other.
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For me, one thing I love is having an arc for a character.
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I do have friends who make movies, but for the most part, I never really wanted to feel like I was part of an industry.
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Thousands of years and many civilizations have defined a marriage as the union between one man and one woman. With few exceptions, those civilizations that did not follow that perished.
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I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.
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The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world falls away after us. And it's just nonsense.
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If you don't want to get bored with what you're doing, you have to change.
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I had just turned 10-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and plunged America into World War II.
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I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.
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I love sport because I love life, and sport is one of the basic joys of life.
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Today there are paparazzi out, I'm doing a day of press, I'm in a hotel, I've just been on Radio 1. But when I'm in my day-to-day life people don't know who I am and I'm left to my own devices.
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I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college.
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I think every woman should have a one-night stand. If it's done right, it can be liberating.
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I think in life, if you continue to challenge yourself, you can pride yourself in what you continuously accomplish.
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I want to be a female artist who is honest. I want to encourage other girls to be honest with who they are and not try to be picture perfect, because it's a woman's imperfections that make her perfect anyway.
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I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.
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There was a period where I was a little scared that I'd blown my chance.
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I think it's good for anybody to learn languages. Americans are particularly limited in that way. Europeans less so... We're beginning to have Spanish move in on English in the states because of all the people coming from Hispanic countries... and we're beginning to learn some Spanish. And I think that's a good thing... Only having one language is very limiting... You get to think that's the way the human race is made; there's only one language worth speaking... Well, this isn't good for English.
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Everything is beautiful in its own way. Exuberance is beauty.
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It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
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I'm not a slave to fashion; I'm into exercising my individuality.
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I consider Khomeini's position dangerous. He does not have the right to pass judgment-that is not the Islamic way.
