Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
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Berlusconi is a genius in communication. Otherwise, he would never have become so rich.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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I am prepared to do whatever I can do and whatever is reasonable to make sure that it is Hillary who makes it to the White House and not Trump.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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Faith is much better than belief. Belief is when someone else does the thinking.
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I have the necessary lack of tact.
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Let's say I was a plumber, or I worked at a factory, I would download music, you feel what I'm saying?
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I am deeply immersed in my medical work, and it can get very intense, but I believe that the connection and devotion is key. You can not work on diseases as devastating and deadly as Lassa and Ebola without complete trust and respect for the individuals with whom you work. My lab and colleagues are just extraordinary, and we are a family.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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We are building a company, Gemini, and the ETF, which is another company. I don't know if we're experts, but the goal is not to be an expert but to change the world. Does Richard Branson understand all the physics behind his space craft? I'm not sure.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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I believe we're the party of small business.
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As far being the face of boxing, I don't like to name myself that. I leave that up to the media and the fans.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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I kinda went through a semi-depression. Honestly. Like, I lost myself.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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All my friends are Welsh, I speak Welsh, and I feel very Welsh.
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When I take a black-and-white portrait, it's not particularly meant to please you. It's meant to talk to you; it's meant to shame you. It's meant to scream out at you, and it has a message.
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You can tell a lot in shorthand.
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We feel there is already widespread broadband available today.
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I had started writing as a poet in a closed, post-Revival, claustrophobic world, where the shadows of the national upheaval and the intense effort - the intense self-conscious effort - to make a literary movement were still evident. Now we lived a life as writers that was more cosmopolitan, more open, that had more travel and exchange.
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An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.
