Naguib Mahfouz Quotes
I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
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I would wait in line for anything to do with 'Doctor Who.'
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I don't get controversial, I don't get political and I don't tell you what to do with your life. I just go out there and tell some stories, and people can relate.
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We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
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I don't take fancy vacations. I buy all my jewelry at Claire's. I can't remember the last time I went out to a fancy dinner. My family lives in a modest two-bedroom apartment, and my kids share a bedroom. But I do have one extravagant vice: shoes.
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Each generation seems to invent its own reasons for war.
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Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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I don't think there is much American music.
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I'm a great bum, and I'm a pretty good director.
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I wore U.S.A. across my chest in 1976.
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I try to basically keep my opinions to myself when it comes to people who are charged with crimes that I don't know anything about.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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The Gorillaz cartoons seem more real to me than the actual people on TV. Because at least you know that there's some intelligence behind the cartoons, and there's a lot of work that's gone into it, so it can't all be just a lie.
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The European Union will continue to fully support multilateral global governance based on international law, human rights, and strong international institutions.
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Folks like me have to feel a little indebted to the communities that they came from. And if they do, I think we'll start to see a little bit more of a geographic integration in the country because people will start to think, 'You know what? I owe that place something, and I should return to it in one form or another.'
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You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut.
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So film music is something I absolutely wanna get involved in.
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Writing is like a rollercoaster ride for me, an adventure. I love exploring the world through 'playing' people who are absolutely nothing like me.
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If our children are becoming teenagers who are abusive, have mental health issues, and are committing heinous crime, it only means that we have failed them as a society. We have failed to give them a safe, nurturing environment to ensure that they are well-balanced, useful persons in the society.
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The body which is nearest to the light casts the largest shadow, and why? If an object placed in front of a single light is very close to it you will see that it casts a very large shadow on the opposite wall, and the farther you remove the object from the light the smaller will the image of the shadow become.
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A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
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I was very political when JFK ran.
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I think we need people in Washington who really have more of a sense of a George Washington approach to it, which is to serve and go home. I think far too many of both parties see it as a career. And I don't think that's good for our country.
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I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.
