Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
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I'm a little bit awkward on Twitter; like, I'm never really sure what to say.
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I found that not having a public profile was not hurting the work, and it freed me up to be the satirist I wanted to be.
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Football shape is one thing, and then 'futbol' shape is a completely other thing. It's a whole other level of fitness that you have to work to maintain.
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To me, presentations are the most powerful device. You can't really name a movement that didn't start with the spoken word.
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As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.
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You can't predict a show, that is the damndest thing, you can't predict if a show is going to work or not until it's on the air.
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Motherhood is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy.
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I think the most important element of a power outfit is proper fit. The one item to focus on is a suit. If it's the right fit, you could wear it with a T-shirt and still convey the positive message.
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I work in a very contained environment, usually.
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The real challenge is if you don't look super sexy, like a Brad Pitt, you're going to have to try harder. You're going to have to make up for it in other ways.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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Mr. Churchill is proud of Britain's stand alone, after France had fallen and before America entered the War.
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The tech industry - and, more specifically, Silicon Valley - continues to stumble forward in earnest about how few women are represented in its top ranks of management and on its boards.
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I don't think the media circus has ever been a shock to my life seeing as I was with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor when I was 17.
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I never studied anything about film technique in school. Eventually, I realized that cinema and theater are not so different: from the gut to the heart to the head of a character is the same journey for both.
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Police are reluctant to label a murder as a possible serial homicide.
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You have plausible deniability, as they say in politics, as an author with movies. Because if the movie is terrible, you simply say they failed to catch the genius of the book.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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I grew up as a part of the team that helped to field M-1s and M-60-A3s to the army back in 1980s.
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If I could get the respect of 14-year-olds, I'm happy. They're the toughest audience.
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I have vitamins I intend to take to be a better person. I even have a pillbox for them to remind myself to be healthier. But will I take them? Definitely not.
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The life of an actor is never one to get comfortable.
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I never liked the men I loved and never loved the men I liked.
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I thought they would never select an Eastern writer for the Nobel. I was surprised.
