Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I was afraid of marriage. I had the impression married life would take up all my time. I saw myself drowning in visits and parties. No freedom.
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If you are lucky enough to find something that you love, and you have a shot at being good at it, don't stop, don't put it down.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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Corporations take the humanity out of trade - they take the happiness out and replace it with something that is ugly.
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It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they won't save us any more than love did.
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There can be no defence like elaborate courtesy.
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In our local Baptist church, I sang in the choir and formed a gospel quartet. When our minister caught me messing with his guitar, he taught me three positions – one, four and five. After that, I taught myself to play.
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I wish I could compete again, but my good feeling is, these competitions are better as exhibitions.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win.
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Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.
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It's hard not to play golf that's up to Jack Nicklaus standards when you are Jack Nicklaus.
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Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
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I have unbelievable trust in my offensive line that they will get the job done. Not only them, but the running backs and as a quarterback, I have to do my job in getting the ball in the right people's hands and doing what I do best.
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There is no proletarian, not even a Communist movement, that has not operated in the interests of money, and for the time being permitted by money - and that without the idealists among its leaders having the slightest suspicion of the fact.
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Gird your hearts with silent fortitude, suffering yet hoping all things.
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Figure out who you are.
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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I do not like being famous. I like being normal.
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A house is kind of scary.
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I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care.
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I'm not afraid of the press or the Militia.
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You never know how much time you have with someone.
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If I wanted to play the violin, I had to work. Because anything that one wants to do really, and one loves doing, one must do everyday. It should be as easy to the artist and as natural as flying is to a bird. And you can’t imagine a bird saying well, I’m tired today, I’m not going to fly!
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I was afraid of marriage. I had the impression married life would take up all my time. I saw myself drowning in visits and parties. No freedom.
