Ahmed Ben Bella Quotes
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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I was thrilled one year when I was younger when not only did my brothers get hockey sticks for Christmas - but I did too!
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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It couldn't have happened anywhere but in little old New York.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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I am richer than Davy Crockett. I can settle back and do what I want to do. And what I want to do is card tricks and magic.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for peace.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
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All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.
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I've forgotten what it's like to remember. I've lost the mindless confidence that a moment, an idea, a thought will be there for me later, the bravado of breezing through experience in the certainty that it will become part of my self, part of my story.
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God gave women intuition and femininity. Used properly, the combination easily jumbles the brain of any man I've ever met.
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
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Whether labeled as such or not, I think every book I've ever written has been, more or less, a romantic suspense. I have always put tremendous effort into making each book a page turner: The harder it is for the reader to put it down, the better I've done my job.
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To me, I've played full seasons and had success. Mentally, I've been through it before. I'm not incapable of going through this.
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Democrats hate America being a world power because world power gives power to the nation instead of to Democrats.
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Bodybuilding saved my life because I overcame the nerd stage. I got picked on. I was fascinated with power, and then I decided to take that direction because I knew that would make me feel good about myself.
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We can make sure that people who don't have health insurance can buy into an insurance pool that gives them better bargaining power.
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The concept of happiness has to be reorganised.
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Che came in 1963, shortly after I had come to power.
