Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
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It's not just the actor in front of the camera. And it's important to have respect for all those people that work behind the camera.
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Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.
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To get an Army that's already fighting a war to change in stride to a total different military strategy on the ground - and to get everybody on the same page - was accomplished by the sheer force of Dave Petraeus' will.
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The lack of a consistent policy from major economies is the main source of volatility.
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Our company sells about five to six million pounds of sausage a year. We sell it retail and to restaurants. We've got all kinds of products.
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Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?
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When a show has gotten as much attention as this one, everyone wants to join in with something to say.
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Excellence always sells.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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I make the music my ears want to hear, I wear the clothes my body wants to wear and the ones boys call me back for, and I generally make the songs that my feet dance to.
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My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn't what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and - the guy told me it was a really good deal - made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch.
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As long as I know my head's in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I'll be fine.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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Intuition and concepts constitute... the elements of all our knowledge, so that neither concepts without an intuition in some way corresponding to them, nor intuition without concepts, can yield knowledge.
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Education never quite gets the attention it deserves in presidential campaigns, but monster flip-flops surely do.
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I'm not trying to set the world on fire; I just want to make really beautiful clothes that women want to wear, can afford, and can really see themselves in.
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We're trying to tell a very full story of 'Nashville' and these characters in Nashville, and I'm really hopeful that we're going to be able to do something as innovative as 'American Horror Story' and 'Friday Night Lights.' And I think so far, we're on the right path for that.
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I'm a pessimist about the euro, but not about Europe. So the southern periphery, Spain, Italy, Greece, leave - Italy might be the first to go - and the rest stay. That will work just fine. But unless they want to give up democracy, I don't see greater fiscal union as the answer.
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The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.
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You have to grab moments when they happen. I like to improvise and ad lib.
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Life is like the ocean. You can either be the ball floating on the waves, or make your own waves.
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Without literature my life would be miserable.